X-Nico

unusual facts about Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard



1937 Coupe de France Final

The 1937 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on May 9, 1937, that saw FC Sochaux-Montbéliard defeat RC Strasbourg 2–1 thanks to goals by Miguel Angel Lauri and Bernard Williams.

1959 Coupe de France Final

The 1959 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on May 3, 1959 and May 18, 1959 that saw Le Havre AC of Division 2 defeat FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.

1967 Coupe de France Final

The 1967 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on May 21, 1967, that saw Olympique Lyonnais defeat FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 3–1 thanks to goals by Angel Rambert, André Perrin and Fleury Di Nallo.

Albert Gaspard Grimod

In 1792 Albert married Eleanore, Baroness de Franquemont, (1771-1833) an illegitimate daughter of the reigning Duke of Württemberg by the Italian adventuress Anne Franchi.

Coat of arms of Württemberg

On a red field, two gold fishes addorsed (two animals depicted back-to-back), haurient ("breathing" − a fish shown palewise (vertical) and head upwards), and embowed (shown bent, flexed, or curved) – County of Mompelgard, an exclave property that passed by marriage to the Württemberg royal family in 1397; now modern-day Montbéliard, Franche-Comté, France.

Duchess Sabine of Württemberg

Sabine of Württemberg (2 July, 1549, Montbéliard – 17 August 1581, Rotenburg an der Fulda) was a princess of Württemberg by birth and by marriage, the first Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel.

Duško Tošić

Born in Zrenjanin, Tošić began his career in his native Serbia playing for OFK Beograd before moving to French club Sochaux for the 2006–07 season but only spent one season with the club as other European clubs from Italy, Germany and Spain were expressing an interest.

Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg

Eberhard's most significant territorial acquisition was the county of Mömpelgard (now Montbéliard), which he secured through the engagement of his son, the later count Eberhard IV with Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard.

Florimont

The settlement was established between 1747 and 1780 by Mennonite families coming from the Swiss Jura to the south and a few Amish families coming from the Montbéliard area to the southwest.

Franche-Comté

The principal cities are the capital Besançon, Belfort, and Montbéliard (Aire Urbaine Belfort-Montbéliard-Héricourt-Delle).

Franquemont

The line of Franquemont in Franche-Comté is related to the line of Franquemont in Württemberg by Henriette d'Orbe-Montfaucon countess of Montbéliard (1387-1444), granddaughter of Etienne de Montfaucon.

Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

After serving with Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War, he lived at and managed his family's exclave of Montbéliard, originally inherited by marriage in 1397, until it was taken over by the short-lived Rauracian Republic in 1792 and then annexed by the French Republic in 1793.

Gianni Toti

By realizing his works he collaborated with specialized cultural centers, such as CICV (Centre de Recherche Pierre Schaeffer, in Montbéliard-Belfort, France), that gave him the possibility to utilize technologies and equips of technicians for creating artistic projects.

Harry Rée

In April 1943 he was parachuted into France and joined the Acrobat Network around Montbéliard.

Henry I, Count of Montbéliard

Henry I of Montfaucon (before 1318–1367) became Count of Montbéliard and Lord of Montfaucon through his marriage to Agnes, the daughter of Reginald of Burgundy, Count of Montbéliard.

History of Baden-Württemberg

This latter prince, who had served in the army of Frederick the Great, to whom he was related by marriage, and then managed his family's estates around Montbéliard, educated his children in the Protestant faith as francophones.

Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard

Leopold Eberhard of Württemberg-Montbéliard (21 May 1670, Montbéliard - 25 March 1723, Montbéliard), was the last ruler of the Duchy of Württemberg-Montbéliard from 1699 until his death.

Leopold Eberhard was the eighth and youngest child of Duke George II of Württemberg-Montbéliard by his wife, Comtesse Anne de Coligny.

Is known that after the Thirty Years War, the right of confiscation was held by his uncle and predecessor Leopold Frederick, and thus vacant property was merged to the Ducal domain.

Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard

Louis Frederick received the possessions on the left bank of the Rhine (Montbéliard, Riquewihr and Horburg) with full sovereignty.

Margravine Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt

From 1769 she lived at Montbéliard, which was being managed by her husband, but which had to be abandoned in 1792 because of the French Revolution.

Nicholas Briot

After serving his apprenticeship, Briot travelled to Montbéliard and Langres in 1599, where he produced his first portrait engravings.

Sophie, Countess of Bar

Their son Count Thierry II of Bar-Montbéliard (1045–1105) succeeded to the county of Bar.

Thierry Doubai

Moussé Doubai Tapé or Thierry Doubai (born 1 July 1988 in Adjamé) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for French club Sochaux in Ligue 1.

Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg

At Wachau, during the Battle of Leipzig, his corps along with François Étienne de Kellermann's IV Cavalry Corps and the dragoons of the Guard charged the center of Duke of Württemberg.

Victor Nurenberg

Born in Niederkorn, Nurenberg started his career at local team Progrès Niederkorn aged 16 and moved abroad to play for 13 years in France with OGC Nice, FC Sochaux, Olympique Lyonnais and SC Bastia.

Virgile Boumelaha

Boumelaha began his career with FC Saint-Louis, he moved then to FC Basel and later to FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 2002 but made two appearance for the club before joined to VfB Stuttgart in 2004.


see also