Ulrich I. (Wildon)

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Coat of arms of Ulrich I von Wildon 1242
Coat of arms of Ulrich I von Wildon 1237

Ulrich I († around 1262 ) from the noble family of the Lords of Wildon was Styrian Ministeriale .

Life

Ulrich was a son of Herrand I and Gertrud von Gutenberg , whom his father had kidnapped in a flash. Under Ulrich and his brother Leutold, the Wildonians reached the zenith of their power and prestige, their holdings were greatest at that time. Ulrich was more active in Styrian state politics than Leutold.

After Duke Frederick the Arguable was ostracized in 1236, he and his brother and the other Styrian ministerials welcomed Emperor Friedrich II in Graz and in 1237 made allegiance to him in Vienna. When Duke Friedrich regained power in his lands in 1239, we find the Wildon brothers reconciled with him at his court.

In 1249, after three years of governorship by Count Meinhard von Görz in Styria, which had been orphaned after Duke Friedrich's death in 1246, Ulrich probably sounded out the question of sovereign succession as head of a Styrian delegation to Emperor Friedrich II in Italy. In this context, the presumed forgery of the imperial diploma of April 20, 1249 by Ulrich is to be seen. In this certificate, an insertion in the Georgenberger Handfeste is confirmed, which regulates the question of succession in favor of the Styrian ministerial. According to the wording of the document, the emperor has it handed over to the Wildonier so that he can make known and explain his rights and freedoms to the best of the country in the sense of the imperial confirmation.

Unlike the Styrian Liechtensteiners , Ulrich von Wildon and his sons Herrand and Hartnid favored the Hungarian King Béla IV and prepared his annexation of Styria. But as early as 1259, the Wildonians had grown tired of Hungarian rule with their strict observance of law and order and their monastic privileges, and they sided with King Ottokar of Bohemia . In the decisive battle near Kressenbrunn / Groißenbrunn an der March , on July 12, 1260, in which the old Wildonier Ulrich carried the Styrian banner with the white panther in the green field, Ottokar won, and Styria became, of course, now a Bohemian province Austria united again. Here we also find the origin of the Styrian flag colors and the Styrian national coat of arms. Ottokar from the Gaal reported on this in his Styrian rhyme chronicle :

ain panier green as a grass
in it a pardel swam
plank as if he were alive
the vuort of the sword maer
the old Wildonaer

Private

From the beginning of 1222 to 1243, both brothers Leutold and Ulrich mostly documented together. In 1225/27 a donation from her consanguineus (blood relative) Lantfried von Eppenstein († ~ 1190 or before 1227) to Stift Seckau concerning Gobernitz (municipality of Sankt Margarethen near Knittelfeld ) was confirmed. (In 1242 Eppenstein was apparently owned by the Wildonians as heir.) From 1229 onwards, the Stainz Abbey, newly founded by Leutold, was given rich gifts.

In 1232 Ulrich is a witness in a document from the widow of Duke Leopold VI. Theodora in St. Lambrecht , with whom a dispute between the monastery and the brothers Ulrich and Dietmar von Liechtenstein is settled.

In 1260 Ulrich confirmed the ownership of the Alpe Necistal (in the Neuhof, Übelbachtal area ) to Rein Abbey , a gift from his grandmother Elisabeth von Gutenberg.

family

Progeny:

  • Herrand II., Urk. 1245–1278, state politician, minstrel
  • Leutold II. († before 1277), "von Dürnstein"
  • Hartnid III. († ~ 1302), state politician
  • Daughter, oo Alram von Feistritz

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ RI V, 1.1 n. 2222. In: Regesta Imperii Online. Retrieved June 26, 2016 .
  2. ^ Anton Mell: Outline of the constitutional and administrative history of Styria . Ed .: Historical Provincial Commission for Styria. Verlag der Universitäts-Buchhandlung Leuschner & Lubensky, Graz - Vienna - Leipzig 1929, p. 103 ( literature.at ).
  3. ↑ Kummer p. N226
personal data
SURNAME Ulrich I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Styrian Ministeriale
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH around 1262