Ulric I of Carniola
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Ulric I (died 6 March 1070) was the Margrave of Carniola and Carinthia
Duchy of Carinthia
The Duchy of Carinthia was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, then the first newly created Imperial State beside the original German stem duchies....

 from 1045 and Margrave of Istria from 1060. He was the son and successor of Poppo I
Poppo I of Carniola
Poppo I was Margrave of Istria from 1012 and of Carniola from 1040 to his death.Poppo was the son of a comital family from Weimar in the Imperial Landgraviate of Thuringia...

 and Hadamut.

On 31 July 1064, the Emperor Henry IV donated land in pago Histrie ... in comitatu Odalrici marchionis ("in the country of Istria ... in the county of Margrave Ulric") to prefato Odalrico marchioni ("the prefect Ulric, margrave"). Again on 5 March 1067, Henry donated land in pago Istria in marcha Odalrici marchionis ("in the country of Istria in the march of Margrave Ulric"), this time to the church Freising
Freising
Freising is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district Freising. Total population 48,500.The city is located north of Munich at the Isar river, near the Munich International Airport...

. Ulric was recorded as Odalricus marchio Carentinorum ("Ulric, margrave of the Carinthians") on his death.

Ulric married Sophia, daughter of Bela I of Hungary and his first wife, Ryksa or Richeza, sister of Casimir I of Poland
Casimir I of Poland
Casimir I the Restorer , was a Duke of Poland of the Piast dynasty and the de facto monarch of the entire country from 1034 until his death....

. 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
    Poppo II of Carniola
    Poppo II was the Margrave of Carniola from 1070 and Margrave of Istria from 1096 to his death. He was the son and successor of Ulric I. His mother was Sophia, a daughter of Bela I of Hungary. He was thus of royal blood....

    , his successor
  • Ulric II
    Ulric II of Carniola
    Ulric II was the Margrave of Istria from 1098 until circa 1107 and Carniola from 1098 until his death. He was the second son of Ulric I and Sophia, daughter of Bela I of Hungary. He was thus of royal blood.Ulric was created Count of Weimar when still a child in 1067...

    , his brother's successor
  • Richgard, married Eckard, Count of Scheyern
    Scheyern
    Scheyern is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen in Bavaria in Germany.The House of Wittelsbach derives from here....

  • Adelaide, married firstly Frederick, Vogt
    Vogt
    A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...

     of Regensburg
    Regensburg
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    , and secondly Udalschalk, Count of Lurngau
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