Ulrich II (c. 1254 – 18 September 1279) was Count of
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Würt ...
from 1265 until 1279.
Ulrich was the son of
Ulrich I and Mechthild of Baden. He acceded power in 1265, at the age of 11 and, thus, was most likely under the
tutelage
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of Count Hartmann II of Grüningen. He is first mentioned in documents around 1270. It's unknown if Ulrich was married.
His half-brother
Eberhard I succeeded him.
His corpse rested in the church of
Beutelsbach
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. In 1316 or 1320 his remains were moved to the
''Stiftskirche'' in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
.
References
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1250s births
1279 deaths
13th-century counts of Württemberg
Medieval child rulers
Burials at Stiftskirche, Stuttgart