Ulrich von Ortenburg

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Ulrich von Ortenburg (* 1188 ; † 14 September 1253 ) was Ulrich I as Bishop of Gurk .

Ulrich von Ortenburg was born as the third son of Count Otto II von Ortenburg and was a nephew of the former counter-bishop Hermann von Ortenburg . In 1221 he was elected bishop of Gurk without having previously received the higher orders . Ulrich von Ortenburg soon developed into a pioneer in the struggle for independence of the Gurk diocese from the Salzburg Metropolitan Church . So he refused to receive the regalia from Archbishop Eberhard II and turned to Pope Gregory IX in this matter . Archbishop Eberhard had anticipated the papal decision and obtained the prince's verdict from King Henry VII , which obliged the Gurk bishop to receive the regalia from his hand.

With his armaments against Salzburg and his trials at the Apostolic See , Bishop Ulrich plunged the already indebted diocese into even deeper debts.

In the peace made between Emperor Friedrich II and the Pope in San Germano in 1230 , the subject of Gurk was also discussed, which was clearly decided in favor of the Archbishop of Salzburg. The Gurk bishop did not give up and continued to arm against Salzburg. Ulrich's friend, Duke Bernhard von Spanheim , who had previously been on the bishop's side , now intervened as a mediator and reconciled Ulrich with Eberhard II. On October 9, 1232, a treaty was reached in Salzburg between the cathedral chapters of Gurk and Salzburg for the next three hundred years settled the question of the replacement of the Gurk bishopric. According to him, the Archbishop of Salzburg had to propose a triple proposal to the Gurk Cathedral Chapter , and the elected man then had to swear his loyalty to the Archbishop . This was followed by confirmation by the Pope .

After the peace with Salzburg, the bishop got into a feud with the Peggauer dynasty ruling Styria , who even snatched his residential palace in Strasbourg from him. The bishop traveled to Pope Innocent IV in Lyon to seek justice at the highest level. Soon after his return, however, Ulrich must have regained possession of his castle. After more than 20 years of reign, the bishop died on September 14, 1253. His final resting place is unknown.

literature

  • Erwin Gatz : The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 .
  • Jakob Obersteiner: The bishops of Gurk. 1072–1822 (= From Research and Art. 5, ISSN  0067-0642 ). Verlag des Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1969, pp. 86–96.