Hartmann, Count of Württemberg

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Hartmann I. (1160-1240) was count of Württemberg.

Hartmann I. and hist brother Ludwig III. both called themselves “Count of Württemberg”, at the time, so it is assumed that they administered the county together. Both were sons of Count Ludwig II. Hartmann accompanied Otto IV to Rome for his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor and served repeatedly as a witness in documents set up by the emperor in Italy. After the election of Frederick II of Swabia as king and emperor, Hartmann and his brother switched their support to Frederick and later supported his eventual successor Henry VII. Hartmann married the heiress to the county of Veringen in upper swabia. He gained these lands, as a result of the marriage in around 1200.

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