Ulrich von Gutenburg

late 12th century) was an Alsatian nobleman and Middle High German poet.

He can be traced at the court of Emperors Frederick Barbarossa and Henry VI between 1172 and about 1200.

[1] The main influence on his poetry was Friedrich von Hausen, whom he may have known personally.

[3] His long poem is a Leich and may be the earliest secular example of its kind in German.

In the Leich the knight pleads with the lady for mercy by appealing to her greater virtue.