Eberhard's reign was noted by a peace-preserving policy of alliances with the neighboring principalities and imperial towns. Examples are an alliances with 14 Upper-Swabian towns, concluded 27 August 1395 and the Marbachs alliance in 1405. An important military success was the victory against the Schlegel-Gesellschaft in 1395 near Heimsheim.
In 1380, Eberhard married his first wife, Antonia Visconti, daughter of Bernabò Visconti, in Urach. Her dowry, agreed upon at Milan on 1 July 1380, was 70,000 guilders, which included expensive garments, musical instruments, and books. They had three children together, including Eberhard IV, who succeeded his father as count.[7]
Antonia died in 1405, and Eberhard subsequently married Elisabeth of Nuremberg (died 1429), daughter of John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg, on 29 March 1406. Their marriage produced one daughter, Elisabeth, who later married Count John IV of Werdenberg.[8][9]
^Andreas Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte, Volume I, Part 2, Deutsche Kaiser-, Königs-, Herzogs- und Grafenhäuser II; Third Edition, R. G. Fischer Verlag (1997), pp. 342–346
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