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Ulrich von Liechtenstein (ca. 1200 – 26 January 1275) was a minnesinger and poet of the Middle Ages. He wrote poetry in Middle High German and was author of noted works about how knights and nobles may lead more virtuous lives. Ulrich was member of a wealthy and influential ministerialis family from Styria. He was born about 1200 at Murau in the Duchy of Styria, located in the present-day State of Austria. His family, a cadet branch of the Bavarian Aribonids named after their castle palace seat in Liechtenstein (Steiermark) south-east of Judenburg, was not affiliated with the Austrian House of Liechtenstein. == Life == Details of Ulrich's life are difficult to ascertain, for much of what scholars know relies heavily upon information gleaned from his often-fictional, self-styled autobiographical work the ''Frauendienst'' (trans. ''Service of Ladies''). Separating fact from stylized hyperbole has proven difficult for historians.〔Freed, pp. 249-251〕 From age 12 on, Ulrich received noble training as a page to a lady of much higher station than he 〔Freed, p. 252〕 then another four years as a squire to Margrave Henry of Istria,〔Freed states that "The text (stanza 29) says Margrave Henry of Austria, but Heinrich of Mődling was never styled a margrave. Some scholars have thus been inclined to identify Ulrich's teacher as Margrave Heinrich IV of Istria." Freed, p. 252 n. 82.〕 son of Duke Berthold IV of Merania, he was knighted by the Babenberg duke Leopold VI of Austria in 1222. Ulrich is documented as a Styrian ''Truchsess'' in 1244/45, from 1267–1272 Marshal and in year 1272 also a provincial judge. When Philip of Sponheim, the Archbishop-Elect of Salzburg, was deposed by Pope Alexander IV for refusing to take holy orders, Philip raised an army to defend his title. In 1250, Ulrich agreed to fight for Philip's cause in return for Philip's arranging a beneficial marriage of Ulrich's son, Ulrich II, to Kunigunde of Goldegg and Philip added a dowry of 400 Salzburg pounds to the agreement. In return Ulrich I agreed to provide Philip with 100 fighting men for his cause.〔Arnold, p. 105; Freed, p. 199〕 In August 1252 Philip's forces decisively defeated his enemies at the Battle of Sachsenburg on the Drava, and Ulrich was one of seven who mediated the ensuing peace.〔Freed, p. 200-1〕 Leader of the Styrian nobility, Ulrich had a hand in absorbing the duchy into the possessions of Rudolph of Habsburg after the ducal House of Babenberg had become extinct in 1246. It is possible that Ulrich was one of the noblemen taken prisoner by King Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1269. He owned three castles, besides Liechtenstein another at Strechau near Lassing in the Enns Valley〔Freed, p. 200〕 and the third at his birthplace Murau. When his son Ulrich II married, Ulrich bestowed upon the couple the castle of Murau along with twenty vassals and revenue.〔Arnold, p. 178, Freed, p. 263〕 Many aspects of his life are unrecorded, but some genealogy survives. He had a brother named Hartnid who served as Bishop of Gurk from 1283 to 1298〔Freed, p. 266〕 and a brother named Dietmar IV of Liechtenstein-Offenburg, who had a son named Gundaker.〔Freed, pp. 199-200〕 Besides Ulrich's son, Ulrich II, he had a daughter named Diemut (who married Wulfing of Trennstein), a son named Otto II and a son-in-law named Herrand II of Wildon by an unnamed daughter.〔Freed, p. 262〕 Ulrich died on 26 January 1275.〔Freed, p. 250〕 He was buried in Seckau in modern-day Austria. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ulrich von Liechtenstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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