Ulrich II of Walsee

Family coat of arms of those of Walsee

Ulrich II. Of Walsee († 12. July 1359 ), from the Ministerialengeschlecht the Walseer , follower of Duke Albrecht II. , Was from 1329 to 1359 Styria Governor . His father Ulrich I von Walsee and his son Eberhard VIII von Walsee also held this office.

Life

In spring 1316 Ulrich II accompanied his father Ulrich I von Walsee for the first time on a campaign to Swabia. After he had distinguished himself in the battle near Esslingen am Neckar on September 19, 1316, Ulrich II was knighted. Ulrich also excelled in the storming of Colmar in Alsace in 1318 . On July 12, 1320 Ulrich I, his son Ulrich II von Walsee and his brother-in-law Ulrich V. von Pfannberg near Padua defeated the troops of the city lord of Verona , Cangrande della Scala , whom they also temporarily captured. In the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322 Ulrich II was wounded, taken prisoner and, like many other prisoners, taken to Prague in strict custody , where he was only released at the end of 1323 for a ransom . In the summer of 1324 Ulrich II and his father accompanied the dukes Otto the Merry of Austria and Heinrich of Carinthia on the train to Treviso and Padua, in order to fight again against Cane della Scala.

When his father Ulrich I died on January 29, 1329, Ulrich II took over the main team in Styria. Its main task was to prepare the acquisition of Carinthia by the Habsburgs. The transfer of the Weißenegg estates in the Lavant valley to Ulrich II and his brothers promoted the relationship that the Habsburgs maintained with the Carinthian nobility. Ulrich II mediated the conflict between Bishop Bernhard (?) Of Bamberg and his brother Heinrich V. Schenk von Reicheneck with Konrad von Auffenstein and the Ortenburgers in order to win both parties for the Habsburgs. He offered himself to the bishop as a guarantor for the release of the captured Friedrich von Auffenstein. In the alliance with the Archdiocese of Salzburg on March 29, 1335, Ulrich II was appointed one of the ducal arbitrators who should decide together with Salzburg arbitrators on the Salzburg claims in Carinthia. When Duke Heinrich of Carinthia died in April 1335, Emperor Ludwig IV immediately enfeoffed the Habsburgs with Carinthia. Ulrich II von Walsee and Ulrich V. von Pfannberg brought the news to Carinthia and confirmed their old freedoms. Without resistance, Duke Otto was able to take possession of the province of Carinthia after a short time.

In 1345 Ulrich II accompanied King John of Bohemia on his campaign against Cracow to Poland. In the summer of 1352 and June 1354 Ulrich II took part in Duke Albrecht's campaigns against the Zurich residents .

Ulrich II survived his beloved Duke Albrecht II by only one year. His only living son, Eberhard VIII von Walsee, took over the post of captain in Styria and all of his father's property.

Possessions

After the sale of the original Swabian estates, Ulrich II acquired the Eastern Styrian pledge of Waxenegg in 1331 . In the same year, in the vicinity of Celje, the three forts Hochenegg (Vojnik) , Sachsenfeld (Žalec) and Sachsenwart came to the Walsee. Furthermore, there were numerous smaller extensions of ownership.

family

→ Main article : Lords of Walsee

literature

• Max Doblinger : The Lords of Walsee. A contribution to the Austrian aristocratic history. From the archive for Austrian history (vol. XCV, second half, p. 235) printed separately. (= Archive for Austrian History. Volume 95, pp. 235–578, I-15103/95, ISSN  0003-9322 .) Vienna 1906, 344 pages (especially "V. Section. The Walsee-Graz Line." P. 110-136).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Doblinger 1906, p. 116.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Doblinger 1906, p. 124.
3. ↑ Doblinger 1906, p. 117.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Doblinger 1906, p. 118.
5. ↑ Doblinger 1906, p. 119.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Doblinger 1906, p. 125.
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Doblinger 1906, p. 126.
8. ↑ Doblinger 1906, p. 127.
9. ↑ Doblinger 1906, p. 128.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Doblinger 1906, p. 129.
11. ↑ Doblinger 1906, p. 130.
12. ↑ Doblinger 1906, p. 131.