From 1459 till 1495 he was count as Eberhard V. von Württemberg. From July 1495 he was the first Duke of Württemberg. He is also known as Eberhard im Bart (Eberhard the Bearded). Eberhard was the son of count Ludwig I and his wife Mechthild of the Palatinate, born as countess Palatine by the Rhine (Rheinland-Pfalz).
In 1477, count Eberhard, whose motto was "attempto" (I dare), founded the University of Tübingen. He invited the Brethren of the Common Life and the community of devotia moderna to his country and founded collegiate churches in Urach, Dettingen an der Ems, Herrenberg, Einsiedel near Tübingen and Tachenhausen. He took interest in reforms of the church and monasteries. Despite not being able to speak Latin he held education in high esteem and had a great number of Latin texts translated into German. Parts of his large library have been preserved. Finally on December 14, 1482, he achieved the re-unification of the two parts of Württemberg, Württemberg-Urach and Württemberg-Stuttgart, with the Treaty of Münsingen. He moved the capital to Stuttgart and ruled the re-united country. In the same year Pope Sixtus IV awarded him the Golden Rose. In 1492 he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece, by Maximilian I, then King of Germany. On July 21, 1495 count Eberhard V was declared duke of Württemberg Reichstag on the Reichstag in Worms by Maximilian I.
He was first buried in the Stiftskirche St. Peter (Collegiate church Saint Peter) auf dem Einsiedel, later (1575) in the collegiate church of Tübingen.
In 1477, count Eberhard, whose motto was "attempto" (I dare), founded the University of Tübingen. He invited the Brethren of the Common Life and the community of devotia moderna to his country and founded collegiate churches in Urach, Dettingen an der Ems, Herrenberg, Einsiedel near Tübingen and Tachenhausen. He took interest in reforms of the church and monasteries. Despite not being able to speak Latin he held education in high esteem and had a great number of Latin texts translated into German. Parts of his large library have been preserved. Finally on December 14, 1482, he achieved the re-unification of the two parts of Württemberg, Württemberg-Urach and Württemberg-Stuttgart, with the Treaty of Münsingen. He moved the capital to Stuttgart and ruled the re-united country. In the same year Pope Sixtus IV awarded him the Golden Rose. In 1492 he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece, by Maximilian I, then King of Germany. On July 21, 1495 count Eberhard V was declared duke of Württemberg Reichstag on the Reichstag in Worms by Maximilian I.
He was first buried in the Stiftskirche St. Peter (Collegiate church Saint Peter) auf dem Einsiedel, later (1575) in the collegiate church of Tübingen.
From 1459 till 1495 he was count as Eberhard V. von Württemberg. From July 1495 he was the first Duke of Württemberg. He is also known as Eberhard im Bart (Eberhard the Bearded). Eberhard was the son of count Ludwig I and his wife Mechthild of the Palatinate, born as countess Palatine by the Rhine (Rheinland-Pfalz).
In 1477, count Eberhard, whose motto was "attempto" (I dare), founded the University of Tübingen. He invited the Brethren of the Common Life and the community of devotia moderna to his country and founded collegiate churches in Urach, Dettingen an der Ems, Herrenberg, Einsiedel near Tübingen and Tachenhausen. He took interest in reforms of the church and monasteries. Despite not being able to speak Latin he held education in high esteem and had a great number of Latin texts translated into German. Parts of his large library have been preserved. Finally on December 14, 1482, he achieved the re-unification of the two parts of Württemberg, Württemberg-Urach and Württemberg-Stuttgart, with the Treaty of Münsingen. He moved the capital to Stuttgart and ruled the re-united country. In the same year Pope Sixtus IV awarded him the Golden Rose. In 1492 he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece, by Maximilian I, then King of Germany. On July 21, 1495 count Eberhard V was declared duke of Württemberg Reichstag on the Reichstag in Worms by Maximilian I.
He was first buried in the Stiftskirche St. Peter (Collegiate church Saint Peter) auf dem Einsiedel, later (1575) in the collegiate church of Tübingen.
In 1477, count Eberhard, whose motto was "attempto" (I dare), founded the University of Tübingen. He invited the Brethren of the Common Life and the community of devotia moderna to his country and founded collegiate churches in Urach, Dettingen an der Ems, Herrenberg, Einsiedel near Tübingen and Tachenhausen. He took interest in reforms of the church and monasteries. Despite not being able to speak Latin he held education in high esteem and had a great number of Latin texts translated into German. Parts of his large library have been preserved. Finally on December 14, 1482, he achieved the re-unification of the two parts of Württemberg, Württemberg-Urach and Württemberg-Stuttgart, with the Treaty of Münsingen. He moved the capital to Stuttgart and ruled the re-united country. In the same year Pope Sixtus IV awarded him the Golden Rose. In 1492 he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece, by Maximilian I, then King of Germany. On July 21, 1495 count Eberhard V was declared duke of Württemberg Reichstag on the Reichstag in Worms by Maximilian I.
He was first buried in the Stiftskirche St. Peter (Collegiate church Saint Peter) auf dem Einsiedel, later (1575) in the collegiate church of Tübingen.
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