Ferrette (; ; ) is a commune in the

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (); Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; , . is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine; its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less pop ...

department in

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in north-eastern

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. It is situated close to the Swiss border. Its main attraction is the Château de Ferrette.

County of Ferrette

The County of Ferrette came into existence in the 11th century and consisted of a large part of southern

. In 1324, the County was acquired by Austria through the marriage of

Jeanne, Countess of Ferrette Joanna of Pfirt (; – 15 November 1351) was the Countess of Pfirt in her own right from 1324 and List of Austrian consorts, Duchess of Austria as consort of Duke Albert II, Duke of Austria, Albert II from 1330 until her death. Life Born in Bas ...

, with Albert II, Duke of Austria. The County was part of the dowry for

Catherine of Burgundy Catharine of Burgundy (Montbard, 1378 – Dijon, 26 January 1425) was Duchess of Further Austria by marriage to Leopold IV, Duke of Austria. She was the second daughter of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders. ...

upon her marriage to Duke Leopold IV.Richard Vaughan, ''Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundy'', (The Boydell Press, 2002), 31. Upon Leopold's death in 1411, his brother, Frederick occupied Ferrette. Austria ceded it to France in the

Peace of Westphalia The Peace of Westphalia (, ) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire ...

of 1648.

County of Ferrette

Population

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