Ulrich II (c. 1254 – 18 September 1279) was Count of
Württemberg
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Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...
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 body rested in the church of
Beutelsbach
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. In 1316 or 1320 his remains were moved to the
''Stiftskirche'' in
Stuttgart
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.
References
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1250s births
1279 deaths
13th-century counts of Württemberg
Medieval child monarchs
Burials at Stiftskirche, Stuttgart