Ulrich von Albeck

Half-length portrait of Bishop Ulrich IV. Von Albeck, Seckau basilica , bishop's chapel (depiction around 1595)

Ulrich von Albeck († December 12, 1431 in Padua ) was Bishop of Verden and, as Ulrich IV, Bishop of Seckau .

Ulrich von Albeck came from a Swabian noble family from Albeck near Ulm. In 1387 he studied in Vienna and from 1401 was a member of the law firm of King Ruprecht , in the same year he became canon of Basel, Speyer and Augsburg.

Ruprecht turned to Pope Innocent VI as early as 1405 . that Ulrich von Albeck should receive the diocese of Verden after the death of Konrad von Soltau . The death of the Pope and the unresolved situation of the diocese made this impossible at first. In June 1407 Ulrich was by Pope Gregory XII. Provided with Verden and received the regalia from the hand of the king. The Verden cathedral chapter, which was ignored when it was installed, had elected the cathedral dean Heinrich von Hoya as bishop. Ulrich could neither move into the Verden Cathedral nor the bishop's residence in Rotenburg, but had to stay in Lüneburg. Although he was supported by the Guelph dukes, he was not able to assert himself in the diocese. At the Council of Pisa , at which Ulrich was present in secular clothes to demonstrate that he did not recognize the Council, Pope Gregory was deposed. The elected Pope Alexander V deposed Ulrich as bishop in the spring of 1409 and confirmed his opponent Heinrich von Hoya. Ulrich stayed on Gregor's side and still considered himself a legitimate bishop.

Ulrich acquired the favor of King Sigismund , who came to the Salzburg Archbishop Eberhard III. von Neuhaus campaigned for him. On July 23, 1417 Ulrich was appointed by Albeck's successor on the episcopal throne of Seckau and by Pope Martin V. confirmed. In 1419 Ulrich mediated between King Sigismund and the Republic of Venice and in 1428 he was given blood jurisdiction. Due to his excellent education, he played an important mediating role, which was taken up by the Pope and King. In 1424 he was accepted into the prayer brotherhood of the Rein Abbey .

The peak of his career did not live Ulrich more: as him Pope . Eugene IV to the Cardinal wanted to appoint, he fell ill on the trip as pope in Padua and died on 12 December 1431. His entrails were buried in the Cathedral of Padua, his body was in the cathedral of Seckau transferred.

literature

• Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Conrad III. from Soltau	Bishop of Verden 1407–1409 / 17	Henry II of Verden
Sigmar von Holleneck	Bishop of Seckau 1417–1431	Konrad von Reisberg