Ulrich X, Count of Bregenz
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Ulrich X of Bregenz | |
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| Born | c. 1060 |
| Died | 1097 Prättigau |
| Buried | Mehrerau Abbey |
| Noble family | Udalriching / House of Bregenz |
| Spouse(s) | Bertha of Rheinfelden |
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| Father | Ulrich IX of Bregenz |
Ulrich X (also called Ulric or Udalrich) (c. 1060 –1097) was Count of Bregenz from 1079 to his death in 1097.
Ulrich X was the son of Ulrich IX of Bregenz (d. 1079).[1] In late 1080 or early 1081 Ulrich married Bertha of Rheinfelden, daughter of Rudolf of Rheinfelden.[2] When he met Bertha, Ulrich was already betrothed to another woman, a daughter of Count Werner of Habsburg (d. 1096). Yet he and Bertha began an affair, and when her relatives found out, they compelled Ulrich to marry Bertha.[3]
During the Investiture Contest, Ulrich was on the papal side, allied with Rudolf of Rheinfelden and Welf I, Duke of Bavaria.[4] With the permission of Pope Gregory VII He founded the abbey of Mehrerau in Bregenz.[5] Ulrich was also engaged in a long-running dispute with the monastery of Petershausen over property in Bigenhausen which he had appropriated from the monks.[6]
In 1097 Ulrich died while on a hunting trip in Prättigau. Members of the hunting party began rolling stones down a hill and Ulrich, in a show of bravado, tried and failed to jump one of the stones. He died from the injuries he sustained and his body was taken back to Bregenz for burial.[7]
