Arnold I of Laurenburg, german: Arnold I. von Laurenburg (died before 1154),
[Hesselfelt (1965).] was
count
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of
Laurenburg
Laurenburg is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district of Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. The town, a health resort situated in the lower Lahn River valley, belongs to the Diez Municipal Association.
History
Laurenburg Castle is fi ...
and an ancestor of the
House of Nassau
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled "Count o ...
.
Life
![Burg Nassau-01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Burg_Nassau-01.jpg)
Arnold was a son of
Dudo of Laurenburg
Dudo of Laurenburg (german: Dudo von Laurenburg; la, Tuto de Lurinburg; died before 1124)Hesselfelt (1965).Van de Venne & Stols (1937). was probably Count of Laurenburg and is considered the founder of the House of Nassau. The House of Nassau wo ...
(german: Dudo von Laurenburg) and the fourth of the seven daughters of count Louis I of Arnstein, possibly her name was Irmgardis or Demudis.
Arnold is mentioned as count of Laurenburg between 1124 and 1148. He probably ruled together with his brother
Rupert I.
[Dek (1970)] Arnold and Rupert built
Nassau Castle
Nassau Castle, located in Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, was the original seat of the House of Nassau. The ruins of the castle are situated on a rock outcropping about above the Lahn River. The House of Nassau was an aristocratic dyna ...
around 1124.
[Becker (1983), p. 8.]
In 1124, Arnold became the
Vogt
During the Middle Ages, an (sometimes given as modern English: advocate; German: ; French: ) was an office-holder who was legally delegated to perform some of the secular responsibilities of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as ...
of
Idstein
Idstein () is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt (Old Town) it is part of the ''Deutsche Fachwerkstraße'' ...
. Idstein had come under the control of Count Dudo in 1122.
Arnold was the Vogt of St. George's Monastery in
Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
Regions
* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium
* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
* Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...
1124–1148.
[Cawley.]
No marriage has been mentioned of Arnold.
Sources
* ''Parts of this article were translated from the corresponding
Dutch Wikipedia
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As of , the Dutch Wikipedia is the -largest Wikipedia edition, with articles. It w ...
on August 21st, 2018.''
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References
External links
Family tree of the early House of Nassau
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12th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire
Year of birth unknown
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