Lanzelin (c. 940-981/991) was a Germanic noble and was a distant ancestor of the
House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
. His father,
Guntram the Rich
Guntram the Rich ( la, Guntramnus Dives, german: Guntram der Reiche, french: Gontran le Riche; 920 – March 26, 973) was a count in Breisgau, member of the noble family of the Etichonids, and possibly the progenitor of the House of Habsburg.
His ...
, was a powerful nobleman. He married
Liutgarda of Nellenburg (daughter of Eberhart III of Thurgau) from whom he inherited part of his possessions in present-day Switzerland, whilst from his father he inherited the titles of Duke of Muri and Count of Sundgau. He also possessed the titles of Duke of
Altenburg and Count of
Klettgau
Klettgau (High Alemannic: ''Chleggau'') is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the centre of the ''Klettgau'' historical region stretching across the Swiss border into the cantons of Aargau, Schaffhaus ...
, and had lands in
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
.
An alternate theory on Lanzelin's ancestry suggests that he was only adopted by Guntram, whilst actually being directly descended from the
Carolingians.
Several male children were born to him, amongst which are:
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Lanzelin II or Lanzelin the Younger († 1027), who was Count of Reichenau, as well as a predecessor of the
House of Zähringen.
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Werner († 1028), Bishop of Strasbourg.
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Radbot († 1045), Count of Klettgau and builder of
Habsburg Castle. He was the ancestor of what would become the House of Habsburg.
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Rudolf I
Rudolf I (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was the first King of Germany from the House of Habsburg. The first of the count-kings of Germany, he reigned from 1273 until his death.
Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum which h ...
(† 1064), Count of Habsburg.
He also had a daughter,
Ita von Habsburg.
References
10th-century German nobility
940 births
10th-century deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
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