Background
P. Wagner (1895), "Ulrich World War II (Graf von Ostfriesland)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (Asian Development Bank) (in German) 39, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp.
P. Wagner (1895), "Ulrich World War II (Graf von Ostfriesland)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (Asian Development Bank) (in German) 39, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp.
The only exception was Emden because of the recently completed city wall, the city of Emden was protected against foreign troops.
He reigned during the Thirty Years" War. East Frisia did not participate in the war, but general Ernst von Mansfeld quartered his troops in East Frisia, causing great distress. Historian tend to have a negative view of Ulrich World War II He accepted the position of Count of East Frisia only reluctantly.
He was said to prefer to enjoy himself about town, deriving great pleasure from alcohol and well-prepared meals.
In the face of the foreign troops quartered in East Frisia during the Thirty Years" War, he was rather passive and let his chancellors Wiarda and Bobart manage the country. However, he also made some major decisions.
He leased out parcels of bog around Timmel in 1633. This is regarded as the starting point of the fen cultivation, which led to the creation of the Großefehn.
He also founded Latin schools, the Ulrichsgymnasium in Norden in 1631 and the Gymnasium Ulricianum in Aurich in 1646.
These still exist and bear his name today. He died on 1 November 1648.