Ulrich von Württemberg (cleric)

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Father's grave slab, with family coat of arms

Ulrich von Württemberg (* in the 13th century ; † March 8, 1348 in Speyer ) was a count of Württemberg and canon in Speyer and provost of three priests.

family

He came from the noble family of Württemberger and was born as the illegitimate son of the ruling Count Eberhard I , whose mother Agnes von Schlesien-Liegnitz was the great-granddaughter of St. Hedwig von Andechs . His half-brother Ulrich III. ruled the county of Württemberg as successor to his father .

Life

Grombach Castle , fiefdom of the Canon Ulrich von Württemberg

Ulrich von Württemberg, also called Ulrich der Kirchherr or Ulrich von Höfingen , became a clergyman and appears in a document as early as 1323 as a canon in Speyer, on June 2, 1332 as the Speyer cathedral capitular and provost of St. Cyriakus in Bad Boll . On September 1st of that year he was unanimously elected provost of the St. Martinsstift in Sindelfingen , in 1334 he also held this office at the St. Guido Monastery in Speyer . On November 23, 1347 he is named as cantor of the Speyer Cathedral . As a reward for his loyal service to the diocese of Speyer , Bishop Gerhard von Ehrenberg, as feudal lord, confirmed to him on February 21, 1337 the lifelong possession of Grombach and Grombach Castle .

The count died on March 8, 1348 in Speyer and is recorded on this day with a memorial for the year in the cathedral 's younger Seelbuch .

literature

  • Konrad von Busch , Franz Xaver Glasschröder : choir rules and younger sea book of the old Speyer cathedral chapter. Historischer Verein der Pfalz, Speyer 1923, p. 130 (with biographical information on the person).
  • Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 1: The House of Württemberg from Count Ulrich the Founder to Duke Ludwig. 6th edition. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-34-0 , pp. 84–86.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Leube: Leaves for Württemberg Church History , Association for Württemberg Church History, Volume 96, p. 13 u. 14; (Detail scan)
personal data
SURNAME Ulrich of Württemberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ulrich von Höfingen; Ulrich the Lord of the Church
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Württemberg, Canon in Speyer
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1348
Place of death Speyer