Ulrich von Wildhaus

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Ulrich von Wildhaus († August 26, 1351 in Strasbourg (Carinthia) ) was Ulrich II. Bishop of the diocese of Gurk .

Ulrich von Wildhaus came from a Lower Styrian ministerial family , which was named after Wildhaus (today Viltuš ) west of Maribor ( Slovenia ). His two sisters were nuns, Count Friedrich von Cilli was his nephew.

In 1345 he was appointed bishop of Gurk. Little is known of his brief tenure. He died on August 26, 1351, his final resting place is unknown. The view that he would have renounced his diocese beforehand cannot be upheld.

literature

  • Jakob Obersteiner: The bishops of Gurk. 1072–1822 (= From Research and Art. 5, ISSN  0067-0642 ). Verlag des Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1969, pp. 152–154.
  • 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 .
personal data
SURNAME Wildhaus, Ulrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Gurk
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century or 14th century
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1351
Place of death Strasbourg