Ulrich IV. (Pfannberg)

Ulrich IV. Von Pfannberg (* around 1260 ; † after 1318 ) was Count von Pfannberg .

Life

Ulrich was a son of Count Heinrich von Pfannberg and his wife Agnes von Plain .

In 1278 he was mentioned by name for the first time, together with his older brother Hermann, in a St. Paul certificate.

After Hermann's death in 1287 his entire property fell to Ulrich IV. Traberg (Unterdrauburg, Dravograd ) remained in the possession of Elisabeth, Hermann's widow, a born Countess von Heunburg, because Ulrich was always in financial difficulties and Elisabeth could not come to terms.

Ulrich married Margarete von Heunburg in 1287 or in early 1288 and confirmed to Bleiburg on the Sunday before Ascension Day that his Sweher (father-in-law) Count Ulrich von Heunburg had granted him 1000 marks of silver, which he had given Margarete as home tax , and that he and Margarete renounces the inheritance regarding all goods of Count Ulrich and his wife Agnes.

As a result of this marriage, after the Heunburg man tribe died out in 1322, a significant part of their possessions passed to the Pfannberg family.

While Ulrich IV's grandfather was an energetic man who restored the dignity of count to his family, and his father Heinrich a famous knight with leadership qualities, he was hardly worth mentioning even by chroniclers. Ottokar from the Gaal only reports about him in his Styrian rhyme chronicle that he took part in the Styrian outrage against Duke Albrecht in 1291/92 and that he was one of those who were sent to Archbishop Konrad von Salzburg to ask him to participate to move in the uprising. Nowhere does he seem to have distinguished himself by any particular bravery. And in contrast to his forefathers, who were at war with the clergy, he was extremely generous towards monasteries and the church, which of course increased his financial need, which drove him to pledge and sell almost all of his goods.

In 1291 Ulrich is likely to have accompanied Duke Albrecht on his unfortunate campaign to Hungary.

In the autumn of this year, the deliberations for the Landsberger Bund's uprising began in Styria because Duke Albrecht had refused the estates to confirm their privileges. His father-in-law was more likely to be the engine of these activities than he was himself, who did not play a prominent role in this regard.

Incidentally, this uprising had already collapsed in March 1292 after Duke Albrecht horrified the besieged Bruck and Friedrich von Stubenberg , the main ringleader, was captured.

He did not take part in the revolt of his father-in-law against the Carinthian Duke Meinhard II in 1292 and 1293.

In 1292 donations from the Pfannberg ministers from Laz and Mordax to the Rein monastery are recorded.

On May 30, 1292 in Griffen, Count Ulrich von Heunburg sold a farm to Abbot Konrad von St. Paul for eight silver marks, located on the Rain next to Rakkonik (certainly today's Rainhof on the Herzogberg nö. St. Paul in Lavanttal ; Rakkonik today Raggane) and promised to obtain the consent of Ulrich von Pfannberg, who was entitled to the right of ownership. At that time the Pfannbergers still owned many estates east of the Lavant : 1255 Puhelarn ( Unterpichling am Ragglbach, later came to St. Paul) and Entresdorf ( Andersdorf near St. Georgen), 1292 the Dachberg, Mühldorf, Lindhof and Götzendorf as well as Hundsdorf. Also the forts Rabenstein , Loschental and Lavamünd .

Ulrich's brother Rainold, Abbot of Rein, died on December 21, 1292. His death bothered him, especially since his father-in-law - including his wife - was exiled to Wiener Neustadt as a prisoner of Duke Albrecht from 1293. Ulrich von Pfannberg probably used a lot of his funds for his in-laws, at least he was always in financial need.

On 5 July 1294 pledged to Jews Burggraf Ulrich and his wife Margaret Abbot Heinrich of Admont their princely fiefs, the Castle of St. Peter in Leoben , two situated therein large farms in Tolnich (now tolling) and Welen and the district court "by the Hohenwart and Chieneinöde to the Rinne von Roetenstein "( Leoben Regional Court to the Kalten Rinne near Röthelstein ).

Count Ulrich IV. Von Pfannberg is buried in Rein Abbey.

progeny

Ulrich IV. Was married to Margarete, daughter of Count Ulrich von Heunburg and Countess Agnes of Baden-Austria ; they had the following children:

• Ulrich V (* 1287; † 1354)
• Elisabeth (* 1290; † 1363), oo before 1332 Heinrich von Montpreis († before 1363)

literature

• Karlmann Tangl : The Counts of Pfannberg in archive for customer Austrian historical sources , volume 18, Vienna 1857