Ulrich von Passau ( Ulrich von Passau ), Ulrich the Rich ( Vielreichen ) (d. 20 or 24 February 1099) - the first Burggrass Passau (from 1078). Count of Finningen, Isengau, Vogt Osterhofen, Asbach and Passau. Representative of the genus Dipoldinger-Rapotonov.
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One of the three sons of Rapoto IV . Brother Rapoto V - Palatine of Bavaria, and Herman, Bishop of Augsburg. First mentioned in the charter of July 17, 1072. According to the meaning of the document, he was then at least 15 years old.
In matters of investiture, he was a supporter of King Henry IV, and thanks to him he significantly strengthened his position in Eastern Bavaria.
In 1078, Henry IV returning from Italy besieged the castles of Neuburg am Inn, Formbach and Grisbach. Their owners, representatives of the Formbacher family, and Bishop Passau Altman, a supporter of the pope, fled to Hungary.
The king gave part of the Formbacher's possessions to Count Rapoto, the brother of Ulrich, and he himself was appointed Burggrave Passau. The power in this city passed to him, earlier (since 999) belonged to the bishops.
In addition, Ulrich received Fogus rights in the monastery of Osterhofen of the Bamberg diocese.
He was also Earl of Reichersberg and with 1079 Earl in Isengau. Perhaps he obtained these possessions through his marriage to Adelheid von Meggling-Frontenhausen. In 1078, she married Marquart von Marquartstein, but soon became a widow, and her second husband was Count Ulrich, to whom she brought rich land holdings as a dowry.
In 1090, Ulrich is referred to as Count in Lundgau. How he received this linen is not known.
In 1096, Ulrich borrowed 500 silver talents from Verona merchants to buy a bishopric of Augsburg for his brother Herman.
In 1099, Ulrich was mentioned as a Vogt of the Asbach and Osterhofen Monasteries.
Ulrich died on February 20, 1099, leaving no male heirs. The king distributed his numerous linen possessions among his supporters. The ancestral lands of Ulrich in Dillingen, Isengau, Rottal and others were inherited by his daughter Uta (c. 1085 - February 9, 1150), who in 1100 married Engelbert II von Spongheim , Duke of Carinthia.
Sources
- Richard Loibl: Der Herrschaftsraum der Grafen von Vornbach und ihrer Nachfolger (= Historischer Atlas von Bayern, Altbayern, Reihe II, Heft 5), München 1997 (S. 149-164).
- Ludwig Veit: Passau. Das Hochstift (= Historischer Atlas von Bayern, Altbayern, Reihe I, Heft 35), München 1978.
- Gertrud Diepolder: Oberbayerische und Niederbayerische Adelsherrschaften im wittelsbachischen Territorialstaat des 13. - 15. Jahrhunderts. In: Zeitschrift für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Band 25, 1962 (S. 33-70).