Ulrich III. from Neuhaus

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Ulrich III. von Neuhaus (also Ulrich III. von Hradec , Czech Oldřich III. z Hradce ; * 1299 , † 1349 ) was a Bohemian nobleman from the Witigon family branch of the Lords of Neuhaus .

Life

His parents were Ulrich II von Neuhaus and Mechthild von Schaunberg . When the father (~ 1299) died, Ulrich was no more than 14 years old. Therefore, his mother and Ulrich Pluhovec from Žďar ( Oldřich Pluhovec ze Ždáru ) took over the guardianship of him and his underage siblings. With a certificate issued on May 5, 1312 in Třebíč , the young King John of Luxembourg Ulrich III. and his mother under royal protection. The letter of protection, which Peter I von Rosenberg presumably sought, was also sent to the royal state offices and royal dignitaries in Bohemia and Moravia .

On January 13, 1334 King John handed the town of Hořepník with the nearby Konipas fortress to Ulrich III. In 1335 and 1339 Ulrich accompanied King Johann to Baiern , on May 7, 1339 he stayed with him in Nuremberg. Johann's son, Margrave Karl IV. Exchanged the remote rule of Bánov with Ulrich in 1339 for the town and rule of Telč and the Sternberg castle near Telč. Subsequently, Teltsch remained associated with the Neuhaus rule for several centuries .

Also in 1339 there were disputes between Albert von Kuenring and King Johann in the area between the Austrian Weitra and the South Bohemian Gratzen . This moved with the support of Rosenberger , Ulrichs III. von Neuhaus and Wilhelms von Landstein against Albert's Seefeld Fortress , which they captured at the end of July 1339. Subsequently, they are said to have devastated the lands belonging to Zwettl Abbey . Ulrich, whom the monastery documents designate as his protector, is said to have appeased King John by recommending the abbot to buy himself and his subordinates free with 40 loads of wine. For not allowing the monastery to be occupied, he is said to have asked for a horse. Not until October d. J. the spite with Albert von Kuenring was pacified.

After the "heretical" Waldensians gained influence on Ulrich's territory , the Pope appointed the Dominican Gallus von Neuhaus as inquisitor. With Ulrich's support he undertook a crusade against them in 1339/40. In 1340 Ulrich received from Pope Benedict XII. an indulgence privilege for those of his subjects who supported him in suppressing the Waldensians.

In the run-up to Charles IV's coronation as King of Bohemia, a delegation came to see him, asking him to write a letter of majesty to determine who should crown the Bohemian king in the future. The delegation consisted of the Prague archbishop Ernst von Pardubitz and the bishops of Olomouc , Breslau and Leitomischl . The delegation of the nobles, among them Ulrich II. Von Neuhaus and his son Heinrich, was led by Jost I. von Rosenberg . After a consultation with the Electors, Charles IV laid down a document dated August 18, 1347 that the coronation would in future be carried out by the Bohemian primate .

Ulrich resided at Neuhaus Castle , for which he had the wall paintings made with a cycle of the legend of St. George inscribed in Old German in 1338. In a coat of arms gallery, 19 noble gentlemen are shown who had participated in the Order's Crusades to Prussia and Lithuania from 1322-1337. Ulrich III. is represented as the founder together with the Commander of the Teutonic Knight Order .

The last time mentioned was Ulrich III. together with his eldest son Heinrich on the occasion of the coronation of Charles IV on November 2, 1347. Like his father, he never used the predicate "z Hradce", but only "de Nova domo", "von dem Newenhaus" or de "Novo Castro" .

Possessions

Ulrich III. owned in Bohemia Hradec , Sedlčany , Dešty , Žirovnice , Počátky , Strmilov , Kunžak , Stodůlky near Prague, some villages near Soběslav and Veselí and parts of Kardašova Řečice and Pleše .

In Moravia he owned Telč , Slavonice , Jeníkov, Dačice and Studená .

After Ulrich's death in 1349, the property was divided between his four sons. Since one of the brothers ( Meinhard ) belonged to the clergy, the von Neuhaus family split into three further branches of the family.

family

Ulrich III. von Neuhaus was married to Margarete von Kärnten for the first time. From this marriage came the children:

After Margaret's death, Ulrich III married. with Klara von Bilkov ( Klara z Bílkova ; † 1380). From this marriage came:

  • Herrmann / Heřmann († 1404), married first to Kunka NN, second to Petruška NN

literature

  • František Teplý: Dějiny města Jindřichova Hradce . Dílu I. svazek 1., Jindřichův Hradec 1927

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Not clear whether translation is correct. Literally it says in the cited source on p. 112: 40 vozů vína, každý po jednom dreilinku (= 20 věder českých) .
  2. ↑ Severino Varesci: Meinhard Freiherr von Neuhaus (* around 1329), 1349-1360 Elect of Trent . In: Erwin Gatz : The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198-1448 . ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , p. 782.
personal data
SURNAME Ulrich III. from Neuhaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ulrich III. from Hradec; Oldřich III. z Hradce; Ulrich III. de Novo Domo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION bohemian nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1299
DATE OF DEATH 1349