Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola

Who was Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola?

Ulric I was the Margrave of Carniola and Carinthia from 1045 and Margrave of Istria from 1060. He was the son and successor of Poppo I and Hadamut.

On 31 July 1064, the Emperor Henry IV donated land in pago Histrie ... in comitatu Odalrici marchionis to prefato Odalrico marchioni. Again on 5 March 1067, Henry donated land in pago Istria in marcha Odalrici marchionis, this time to the church Freising. Ulric was recorded as Odalricus marchio Carentinorum on his death.

Ulric married Sophia, the daughter of Bela I of Hungary and his first wife, Ryksa or Richeza, sister of Casimir I of Poland. Alternatively, it has been suggested that she was the daughter of Bela and his second wife, Tuta von Formbach. Sophia was a sister of Ladislaus I of Hungary. Another alternateive hypothesis makes Sophia the daughter of Tuta and Peter of Hungary, but that seems highly unlikely. Sophie gave her first husband four children:

⁕Poppo II, his successor

⁕Ulric II, his brother's successor