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Friedrich I of Württemberg (19 August 1557 Montbéliard – 29 January 1608 Stuttgart) was the son of George of Mömpelgard and his wife Barbara of Hesse daughter of Philip I Landgrave of Hesse.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.Frederick of Mömpelgard was heir apparent to the dukedom of Württemberg when he visited Windsor and other English cities in 1592.
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