Dudo of Laurenburg (german: Dudo von Laurenburg; la, Tuto de Lurinburg; died before 1124)
[Hesselfelt (1965).][Van de Venne & Stols (1937).] was probably
Count
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of Laurenburg and is considered the founder of the
House of Nassau
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. The House of Nassau would become one of the reigning families in Germany, from which are descended through females the present-day royals of the
Netherlands
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and
Luxembourg
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, while officially belonging to this House.
Life
Dudo was a son of
Rupert (German: ''Ruprecht''), the
Archbishop of Mainz
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’s
Vogt
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in
Siegerland. Dudo is mentioned as ''Tuto de Lurinburg'' between 1093 and 1117. In a charter dated 1134 (after his death) he is mentioned as Count of Laurenburg.
Dudo was lord or Vogt of
Lipporn
Lipporn is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It is notable for Dudo of Laurenburg, a 12th-century Lord of Lipporn, who was a founder of the House of Nassau
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and
Miehlen
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and owned large parts of the lands of Lipporn/
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 ...
. There are more persons known who, as owners of the lands of Lipporn/Laurenburg (and thus the predecessors of Dudo), probably also were his ancestors. The first is a certain Drutwin mentioned in 881 as a landowner in
Prüm, and who is the oldest known possible ancestor of the House of Nassau.
Dudo built the castle of Laurenburg around 1090.
[Dek (1970).] In 1117, Dudo donated land to Schaffhausen Abbey for construction of a monastery in Lipporn. This monastery, built under Dudo's son Rupert I in 1126, was the
Benedictine
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Schönau Abbey
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. From 1141 until her death in 1164, the abbey would be the home of St.
Elizabeth of Schönau
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.
In 1122, Dudo received the castle of
Idstein
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in the
Taunus
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as a fief under the
Archbishopric of Mainz
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. This was part of the inheritance of Count Udalrich of Idstein-Eppstein. He also received the Vogtship of the richly endowed
Benedictine
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Bleidenstadt Abbey (in present-day
Taunusstein
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Geography
Location
Taunusstein lies roughly 10 km northwest of Wiesbaden and abo ...
).
Marriage and children
Dudo married the fourth of the seven daughters of Count Louis I of Arnstein, possibly her name was Irmgardis or Demudis.
Three children were born of this union:
[Cawley.]
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Rupert I of Laurenburg (died before 13 May 1154), mentioned as Count of Laurenburg 1124–1152.
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Arnold I of Laurenburg (died before 1154), mentioned as Count of Laurenburg 1124–1148.
# Demudis, who married Count Emich of
Diez
References
Sources
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External links
Die territoriale Entwicklung Nassaus by Ulrich Reuling. . Retrieved on 2009-01-20.
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11th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire
12th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire
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