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(en) The County of Montbéliard, was a feudal county of the Holy Roman Empire.
The county was established in 1042 by Emperor Henry III on the territory of the County of Burgundy, part of the Kingdom of Arles, a constituent of the Empire since 1033. It was led by a line of Counts of Montbéliard descending from Conrad's vassal Louis of Mousson in Upper Lorraine, husband of Countess Sophie of Bar, and their successors from the Scarpone family. In 1163 Lord Amadeus II of Montfaucon became Count of Montbéliard by marriage to Sophie, daughter of Count Theodoric II, who left no male heirs.
In 1407, the marriage of Countess Henriette, heiress of Count Stephen of Montfaucon with Eberhard IV of Württemberg tipped the county into the fold of the Swabian nobility in Germany. By the advent of this marriage, inheritance of the County of Montbéliard and its dependencies added to Württemberg who brought the lordship of Riquewihr, Ferrette and the County of Horbourg in Alsace.
Eberhard IV died in 1419 and upon Henriette's death in 1444, Montbéliard was adjudicated to their son Count Louis I of Württemberg-Urach. His son Eberhard V annexed Montbéliard as part of the united County of Württemberg, though it still retained its status as an immediate territory and separate county within the County. It was not a vassalage of Württemberg; it was his equal but hereditary committed to the marriage of Count Eberhard IV by Henriette. In 1495 the Count of Montbeliard Eberhard V of Württemberg was raised to the rank of Duke and the county became the "Principality of Montbéliard".
In spite of vicissitudes, Montbéliard was ruled by junior branches of the House of Württemberg for several centuries. Count Frederick I of Montbéliard again inherited the Württemberg duchy in 1593, but in 1617 the county was again separated for his younger son Louis Frederick and ruled by his descendants until it fell back to Württemberg in 1723. With the annexation in 1748 of the "Four Lands" (land dependent Héricourt – Châtelot – Clémont – Blamont) by King Louis XV of France, the Principality was reduced to a "single county" until the French Revolution.
1 Liard - Leopold Eberhard
1710-1716 Монеты › Стандартные монеты обращения
Медь • 2.5 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 28, Klein Mö# 76b, Ebner# 79, Debard# 63, Dy féodales# 3107, PA# CXXV/13, N# 38000
1 Dreier - Ulrich
ND (1520-1526) Монеты › Стандартные монеты обращения
Серебро • 0.92 g • ⌀ 18 mm
MB# 6, KR# 53.1a, Saur# 1551, PA# 5433, N# 108780
1 Groschen - Frederick I
1585-1586 Монеты › Стандартные монеты обращения
Серебро • 2.12 g
MB# 12, KR Neben# 14, Ebner# 13, Debard# 4, Dy féodales# 3081, N# 135884
1 Groschen - Frederick I
1585-1588 Монеты › Стандартные монеты обращения
Серебро • 2.25 g • ⌀ 22 mm
MB# 11, KR Neben# 16, Ebner# 16, Debard# 7, N# 135883
3 Kreuzers - Leopold Eberhard
1710 Монеты › Стандартные монеты обращения
Серебро 900 • 1.29 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# 29, Klein Mö# 69, Ebner# 71, Debard# 54, N# 135937