Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg
Duke of Württemberg from 1593 to 1608 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Friedrich I of Württemberg (19 August 1557 – 29 January 1608) was the son of George of Mömpelgard and his wife Barbara of Hesse, daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.
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Frederick I | |
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Duke of Württemberg | |
Reign | 28 August 1593 – 29 January 1608 |
Predecessor | Louis III |
Successor | John Frederick |
Born | 19 August 1557 Mömpelgard, today's Montbéliard |
Died | 29 January 1608(1608-01-29) (aged 50) Stuttgart |
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House | Württemberg |
Father | George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard |
Mother | Barbara of Hesse |
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Several references are made to him in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, in which a series of anti-German jokes start with a horse theft, several references are made to German travellers in England and to a German duke who is not expected to come to Windsor.