County of Montbéliard
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 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.De facto, the Romance territory would retain "all its rights, traditions and customs, as well as its language" as it was customary in the vast Holy Roman Empire.In 1793, the County of Montbéliard was occupied by the First French Republic, bringing it forty new townships (Abbévillers, Aibre, Allenjoie, Allondans, Arbouans, Audincourt, Badevel, Bart, Bavans, Bethoncourt, Bretigney, Brognard, Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard, Couthenans, Dambenois, Dampierre-les-Bois, Dasle, Désandans, Dung, Étouvans, Étupes, Exincourt, Fesches-le-Châtel, Grand-Charmont, Issans, Laire, Montbéliard, Nommay, Présentevillers, Raynans, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Suzanne, Saint-Julien-lès-Montbéliard, Semondans, Sochaux, Taillecourt, Valentigney, Le Vernoy, Vieux-Charmont and Voujeaucourt).After the French forces under Jean Victor Marie Moreau had campaigned Württemberg in the course of the War of the First Coalition in 1796, Duke Frederick II Eugene finally renounce all rights to Montbéliard.
FrenchGermanHoly Roman EmpireMiddle AgesEarly modern periodHenry IIICounty of WürttembergOccupiedFranceCounty of BurgundyFrench First RepublicprincelycountyMontbéliardFranche-ComtéHouse of WürttembergReichstagClemontBlaumontKingdom of BurgundyMoussonUpper LorraineSophie of BarScarponeAmadeus IIMontfauconTheodoric IIChâteau de MontbéliardStephen of MontfauconEberhard IV of WürttembergSwabianGermanyGranges-le-BourgClervalPassavantEtobonPorrentruySaint-HippolyteFranquemont(Goumois)BurgundianJohn the FearlessRiquewihrFerretteHorbourgAlsaceLudwig I of Württemberg-UrachEberhard VimmediateRomanceFrederick I of MontbéliardDuchy of WürttembergHéricourtClémontBlamontLouis XV of FranceFrench RevolutionFirst French RepublicAbbévillersAllenjoieAllondansArbouansAudincourtBadevelBavansBethoncourtBretigneyBrognardCourcelles-lès-MontbéliardCouthenansDambenoisDampierre-les-BoisDésandansÉtouvansÉtupesExincourtFesches-le-ChâtelGrand-CharmontIssansNommayPrésentevillersRaynansSainte-MarieSainte-SuzanneSaint-Julien-lès-MontbéliardSemondansSochauxTaillecourtValentigneyLe VernoyVieux-CharmontVoujeaucourtMandeureRepublic of MandeureHaute-SaônedistrictJean Victor Marie MoreauWar of the First CoalitionFrederick II EugeneMont-TerribleHaut-RhinTheodoric IAmadeus IGuillemetteReginaldOtheninHenry IStephenHenrietteLudwig ILudwig IIEberhard IEberhard IIUlrichGeorge ICristophFrederick IJohann FrederickEberhard-LudwigKarl I AlexanderKarl II EugenLouis FrederickLeopold FrederickGeorge IILeopold EberhardDuke Ulrich