Ulrich III. (Carinthia)

Detail of Duke Ulrich III's equestrian seal . from Spanheim

Later seal with change of coat of arms

Ulrich III. von Spanheim (* around 1220; † October 27, 1269 in Cividale del Friuli ) from the noble family of Spanheimer (Sponheimer) was from 1248/51 Lord of the Mark Krain and from 1256 Duke of Carinthia .

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Ulrich III. was the eldest son of Bernhard von Spanheim and Judith von Böhmen , the daughter of the Bohemian King Ottokar I. Přemysl . Through his marriage to Agnes von Andechs-Meran († 1263), the widow of Duke Friedrich II. Of Austria , Ulrich III. 1248 claims to the Mark Krain. He ruled in Carinthia from 1251 and followed his father as Duke of Carinthia in 1256 .

In 1260 Ulrich completed the foundation of the Freudenthal Charterhouse (Bistra near Oberlaibach / Vrhnika ) in Carniola, which his father had begun . He also founded the Augustinian canons stift Völkermarkt .

Despite disputes over his father's inheritance with his brother Philipp , Archbishop of Salzburg elected since 1247 , Ulrich concluded a mutual protection and inheritance treaty with him. After Philip had been deposed by King Ottokar II. Přemysl in 1256/57, in 1267 he forced Ulrich to distribute property and to establish him as heir to Carinthia and Carniola.

Ulrich III, who was without a biological successor because his son died young from his first marriage and his second marriage to Agnes von Baden-Austria (daughter of Gertrud von Babenberg ) remained childless, bequeathed in a secret, on December 4, 1268 in Podebrady signed an inheritance contract, but his cousin Ottokar II Přemysl all his possessions.

After his death, Ottokar II. Přemysl was able to prevail against Ulrich's brother Philipp in the battle for Carinthia. With Ulrich III. the rule of the Spanheimers in Carinthia ended.

literature

• Franz von Krones :  Ulrich III. (Duke of Carinthia) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, pp. 222-225.
• Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their subsidiary lines , published in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, No. 36, Passau 1994 (p. 9 -62).
• Eberhard Graf zu Ortenburg-Tambach: History of the imperial, ducal and counts' entire house of Ortenburg - Part 1: The ducal house in Carinthia. , Vilshofen 1931.

Web links

• Ulrich III. in the CERL Thesaurus

predecessor	Office	successor
Bernhard von Spanheim	Duke of Carinthia 1256–1269	Ottokar II Přemysl