He held the titles as Lord of Kornberg and Graben[1] (near Novo Mesto in Lower Carniola), as well as burgrave of Gleichenberg, Rothenfels[2] and Hohenwang.
His father had entered the service of the Lords of Walsee, a Swabian dynasty with extended properties in the Styrian lands, and from 1302 appeared as a vassal of the Stubenberg family.
Ulrich II was married with Barbara, daughter of Johann von Auersperg and Cimburgis Schauerpeck, and later with a Lady called Gertraud (died before 1375).
After 1325 he succeeded his father as Burgrave of [7] In 1328, together with his brothers Otto and Frederick, he bought the Lordship (Herrschaft) and Castle of Kornberg[8] with a new family coat of arms.
In 1354 he received the Styrian Burgraviate / Lordship and Castle of Hohenwang from the Habsburg duke Albert II of Austria in pawn.