Ulrich von Weißeneck

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Half-length portrait of Bishop Ulrich III. von Weißeneck, Seckau basilica , bishop's chapel (depiction around 1595)

Ulrich von Weißeneck (also von Weißenegg ; † March 25, 1372 ) was named Ulrich III. Bishop of Seckau and counter-bishop of Gurk .

Ulrich von Weißeneck came from the Carinthian noble family of Weißenegger near Völkermarkt . He joined the order of the Augustinian canons and was provost of Höglwörth from 1349 to 1354 , and from 1352 canon of Gurk. He was the brother of the Salzburg Archbishop Ortolf von Weißeneck , who promoted him.

In 1351 Archbishop Ortolf appointed him successor to the Gurk bishop's chair in agreement with the cathedral chapter, but without reporting it to the Pope, and already consecrated him as bishop. At the instigation of the Hungarian King Ludwig , Pope Clement VI appointed. but Paul von Jägerndorf . The chapter and the ministerials of Gurk then occupied the bishopric castles and the Pope instructed the Patriarch of Aquileia to take action against the rebels. They were forced to give in and eventually recognized Paul as bishop. However, counter-bishop Ulrich was able to assert himself for a while, only in 1352 did he renounce the episcopal dignity, when he was appointed as his successor by his brother after the death of Seckau bishop Rudmar von Hader and was replaced by Pope Innocent VI. on October 30, 1355 was transferred to Seckau.

Due to the theft of his court master, the economic situation of the diocese was badly affected and Bishop Ulrich threatened several times with excommunication due to his tithing debt with the curia. Bishop Ulrich died on March 25, 1372 and was probably buried at his own request in Seckau Cathedral.

literature

  • Jakob Obersteiner: The bishops of Gurk. 1072–1822 (= From Research and Art. 5, ISSN  0067-0642 ). Publishing house of the history association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1969.
  • Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. A biographical lexicon. 1198 to 1448. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 .
personal data
SURNAME Weißeneck, Ulrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weißenegg, Ulrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Seckau
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century or 14th century
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1372