Ulmen

Who he is

Name

Heinrich of Ulmen (born about 1175), or still his father Sybert (named 1163 and 1170): who heads the house that winter is not pinned

Title

Knight of Ulmen

Since

not pinned

Born

Heinrich about 1175

Family

A ministerial family of the Eifel, first in the counts palatine's service, called imperial ministeriales by Conrad III in 1143. Heinrich's sister Irmgard will be abbess of Stuben (1208-1253); his son Theoderich (born about 1201) becomes a Trier canon.

Confidence

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Overlord

Not pinned; once palatine, then royal ministeriales

What it holds

• Ulmen and its castle in the Eifel (castle in 1200 not pinned)
• Vineyards at Sankt Aldegund on the Moselle (named 1208)

How it was acquired

Service to the counts palatine and the king in the 12th century.

Allies and rivals

Royal ministeriales of the Moselle; the convent of Stuben.

How things stand that morning

Held by the family; Heinrich's later errand for Philip (1207-1208) suggests a Staufen loyalty, not pinned for 1200.

Wealth

Eifel farms and Moselle wine.

Military

A knightly family; no numbers known.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1202 (outlook)Heinrich of Ulmen joins the Fourth Crusade and reaches Venice.Depends on: The crusade preaching and Boniface of Montferrat's leadership Stopped by: War at home or the crusade's collapse

Places of note

• Ulmen: Family seat

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Heinrich is well attested from 1202; the family's holding in 1200 only in outline.

On the map: Castle district only.

Primary sources for Empire

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Annals of Marbach (compiled to 1238, the section on 1198 to 1210 written in the early 13th century). Alsatian annals on the Staufen side of the Upper Rhine. Read online
• Annals of Reiner of Saint James, Liège, Reiner of Liège (1197 to 1230, kept year by year). Contemporary annals kept inside Liège. Read online
• Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
• Chronicle of Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
• Chronicle of Reinhardsbrunn; Chronicle of St Peter's, Erfurt (Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals). The two Thuringian chronicles. Read online
• Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
• Royal Chronicle of Cologne (in stages from about 1175 to about 1250; the section on 1198 to 1220 written soon after the events). The fullest German narrative of the throne war from the Welf and Cologne side. Read online
• Chronicle of Hainaut, Gislebert of Mons (about 1195 to 1196). Ends in 1195, so it has no 1200 entries, but it is the indispensable background for Flanders and Hainaut: the career of Count Baldwin V of Hainaut (VIII of Flanders), his union of the two counties, the settlement with Philip over Artois, the rights, castles, fiefs and vassals of Hainaut listed by a man who ran its chancery, and the youth of Baldwin IX, who held both counties in 1200. Read online

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