Early years: Revise early years with sourced family background and upbringing; clarify Barbara's age at her father's death; remove unverified details and add internal links.← Previous revisionRevision as of 05:09, 14 October 2026 Line 16: Line 16: === Early years === === Early years === Barbara was born in 1500 into the {{ill|House of Limpurg|de|Schenken von Limpurg}}. She grew up in [[Gaildorf]]. Her parents were Christoph Schenk von Limpurg and Agnes of {{ill|Werdenberg|de|Werdenberg (Adelsgeschlecht)}}. Her brother was {{ill|Erasmus Schenk von Limpurg|de}}, who became [[Bishop of Strasbourg]] in 1541.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Wentzcke |first=Paul |title=Erasmus Schenk von Limpurg |encyclopedia=Neue Deutsche Biographie |volume=4 |year=1959 |page=554 |publisher=Duncker & Humblot |location=Berlin |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd100119824.html#ndbcontent |language=de}} Barbara von Wertheim was born in 1500 as Schenkin von Limpurg, the daughter of Schenk Christoph von Limpurg, a highly respected knight and head of the Gaildorf branch of Schenken von Limpurg family{{Cite book |last=Prescher |first=Heinrich |title=Geschichte und Beschreibung der zum fränkischen Kreise gehörigen Reichsgrafschaft Limpurg (original edition from 1789) |publisher=hansebooks |year=2017 |isbn=9783743497900 |language=de}}, and Countess Agnes von Werdenberg. Her father died in 1515, when Barbara was approximately fifteen years old. Brought up in traditional religious piety, Barbara received an education befitting a noblewoman of her era. The Schenken von Limpurg family placed great importance on education, and employed academic staff who encouraged this.{{Cite book |last1=Beutter |first1=Herta |title=Die Schenken von Limpurg und ihr Land: mit Abbildungen alter Ansichten |last2=Wunder |first2=Gerd |last3=Schefold |first3=Max |date=1982 |publisher=Thorbecke |isbn=978-3-7995-7619-2 |series=Forschungen aus Württembergisch Franken |location=Sigmaringen |language=de}} In line with the motto of the time ''"learn to serve in order to rule",''{{Citation |last=Deutschländer |first=Gerrit |chapter=Dienen lernen, um zu herrschen: Höfische Erziehung im ausgehenden Mittelalter (1450-1550) |date=2012-12-04 |chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1524/9783050056050/html |title=Dienen lernen, um zu herrschen |access-date=2023-12-08 |publisher=Akademie Verlag |language=de |doi=10.1524/9783050056050 |isbn=978-3-05-005605-0|chapter-url-access=subscription }} her tutelage prepared her for a secular role, which involved marrying an imperial count in addition to running the household, raising children according to their status, and representing the master of the house during his abesence.{{Cite book |last=Weber |first=Michael |title=Barbara von Wertheim - Vormundschaftliche Regentin in der Reformationszeit. In: Kreisarchiv des Odenwaldkreises (Hrsg.): "gelurt" Odenwälder Jahrbuch für Kultur und Geschichte 2017 |publisher=Erbach |year=2017 |pages=42, 44, 48 |language=de}} Brought up in traditional religious piety, Barbara received an education befitting a noblewoman of her era. The Schenken von Limpurg family placed great importance on education, and employed academic staff who encouraged this.{{Cite book |last1=Beutter |first1=Herta |title=Die Schenken von Limpurg und ihr Land: mit Abbildungen alter Ansichten |last2=Wunder |first2=Gerd |last3=Schefold |first3=Max |date=1982 |publisher=Thorbecke |isbn=978-3-7995-7619-2 |series=Forschungen aus Württembergisch Franken |location=Sigmaringen |language=de}} In line with the motto of the time ''"learn to serve in order to rule",''{{Citation |last=Deutschländer |first=Gerrit |chapter=Dienen lernen, um zu herrschen: Höfische Erziehung im ausgehenden Mittelalter (1450-1550) |date=2012-12-04 |chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1524/9783050056050/html |title=Dienen lernen, um zu herrschen |access-date=2023-12-08 |publisher=Akademie Verlag |language=de |doi=10.1524/9783050056050 |isbn=978-3-05-005605-0|chapter-url-access=subscription }} her tutelage prepared her for a secular role, which involved marrying an imperial count in addition to running the household, raising children according to their status, and representing the master of the house during his abesence.{{Cite book |last=Weber |first=Michael |title=Barbara von Wertheim - Vormundschaftliche Regentin in der Reformationszeit. In: Kreisarchiv des Odenwaldkreises (Hrsg.): "gelurt" Odenwälder Jahrbuch für Kultur und Geschichte 2017 |publisher=Erbach |year=2017 |pages=42, 44, 48 |language=de}}