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).