County of Montbéliard
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The Princely County of Montbéliard (French: Comté princier de Montbéliard; German: Grafschaft Mömpelgard), was a princely county of the Holy Roman Empire seated in the city of Montbéliard in the present-day Franche-Comté region of France. From 1444 onwards it was held by the House of Württemberg. It had full voting rights in the Reichstag.
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County of Montbéliard | |||||||||
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1042–1793 | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Montbéliard | ||||||||
Government | Feudal County | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages Early modern period | ||||||||
• Established by Henry III | 1042 | ||||||||
• Acquired by County of Württemberg | 1444 | ||||||||
• Württemberg raised to duchy | 1495 | ||||||||
1793 | |||||||||
• Ceded to France | 1796 | ||||||||
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