Ulrich II von Graben

Ulrich II von Graben (before 1300 – c. 1361) was a Styrian noble, a member of the edelfrei Graben von Stein family. He held the titles as Lord of Kornberg and Graben Castle (near Novo Mesto in Lower Carniola), as well as burgrave of Gleichenberg, Rothenfels[1] and Hohenwang.[2]

Coat of arms of the Styrian Von Graben dynasty, Siebmachers Wappenbuch (1605)

Life

He was the son of Ulrich I von Graben, burgrave of Gleichenberg, and his wife Gertrud (both died before 1325). His father had entered the service of the Lords of Walsee, a Swabian dynasty with extended properties in the Styrian lands, and from 1302 appeared as a vassal of the Stubenberg family.

Ulrich II succeeded his father as Gleichenberg burgrave. He was first mentioned in a 1300 deed, making donations to the Cistercian abbey of Rein in Styria. In 1314 he acquired the village of Wetzelsdorf and, together with his brothers Otto and Frederick, in 1328 bought the Lordship (Herrschaft) and Castle of Kornberg.

The Kornberg fief remained the ancestral seat of the Styrian branch of the Graben family until the extinction of the line in 1556. Ulrich and his brothers also purchased the villages of Edelsbach and Krottendorf. From 1343, Ulrich served as burgrave of Rothenfels, an estate then held by the Prince-Bishops of Freising. In 1354 he received the Styrian Lordship and Castle of Hohenwang from the Habsburg duke Albert II of Austria in pawn.

Ulrich II was married with Barbara, daughter of Johann von Auersperg and Cimburgis Schauerpeck, and later with a Lady called Gertraud (died before 1375). He seemed to have left no children, as his heritage passed to his surviving brother Frederick and his nephew Frederick the Younger.

Notes
  1. Burg Rothenfels ((in German)) Archived 2007-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Burg Hohenwang (german) Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine

Literature
  • Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor (1689): Die Ehre dess Hertzogthums Crain: das ist, Wahre, gründliche, und recht eigendliche Belegen- und Beschaffenheit dieses Römisch-Keyserlichen herrlichen Erblandes; Laybach (Ljubljana)
  • Adalbert Sikora: Die Herren vom Graben in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereines für Steiermark. 51. Jahrgang, Graz 1960
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