Ludwig I of Württemberg (c. 1098 – 1158) was Count of Wirtemberg

Württemberg

Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....

. He reigned from 1143 until 1158.

Ludwig I is supposed to be the son of Konrad II

Konrad II, Count of Württemberg

Konrad II , Count of Württemberg. He reigned from 1110 until 1143.Konrad's father is unknown, but he is believed to belong to the family of the counts of Veringen . The reason to believe so is due to the similarity of the arms of the Counts of Veringen with that of the Counts of Wirtemberg...

 and his wife Hadelwig. Together with his brother Emicho he appears from 1134 till 1154 respective 1139 till 1154 at the court of king Konrad III

Conrad III of Germany

Conrad III was the first King of Germany of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. He was the son of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, and Agnes, a daughter of the Salian Emperor Henry IV.-Life and reign:...

 and emperor Friedrich I, Barbarossa

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick I Barbarossa was a German Holy Roman Emperor. He was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy in Pavia in 1155, and finally crowned Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV, on 18 June 1155, and two years later in 1157 the term...

. He presumably was Vogt

Vogt

A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...

 of the Denkendorf

Denkendorf

Denkendorf may refer to two municipalities in Germany:*Denkendorf, Baden-Württemberg*Denkendorf, Bavaria...

 monastery.