Ulrich, count of Finningen

Count of Finningen

Count in Isengau

Burgrave of Passau

"der Vielreiche"

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 24 February 1099.

Place of Death: Regensburg.

The date and place are given by Cawley. Loibl (p. 163) gives about 20 February 1099.

Relationships

(probable) Father: Ratpoto, count of Cham

Loibl (p. 153-161), after carefully considering the evidence for and against, gives this relationship. Bühler (pp. 67-9) suggests that Ulrich's parents were Ulrich von Formbach and Uta, whom Bühler suggests was a daughter of Rapoto, count of Cham.

(probable) Mother: Mathilde

This relationship is given by Cawley.

Spouse: Adelheid von Lechsgemünd

This relationship is given by Bühler (p. 69), by Loibl (p. 158), and by Cawley, who cites Fundatio Monasterii Baumburgenis (MGH SS XV 2, pp. 1061-2). It is also given by Veit (p. 32).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Uta, married Engelbert, duke of Carinthia.

References

Sources

“Fundatio Monasterii Baumburgensis” in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptorum vol.15, part 2 (Hannover, 1888).

Literature

Bühler, Heinz. “Die Wittislinger Pfründen -- ein Schlüssel zur Besitzgeschichte Ostschwabens im Hochmittelalter” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996) pp. 25-73.

Cawley, Charles. “ULRICH” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Loibl, Richard. Der Herrschaftsraum der Grafen von Vornbach und ihrer Nachfolger. (Kommission für Bayerische Landesgeschichte: Munich, 1997).

Veit, Ludwig. Passau. Das Hochstift in Historischer Atlas von Bayern (Munich, 1978).