Radbot, Count of Klettgau (c. 9851045) was (Count) of the
county
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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 ...
on the
High Rhine
The High Rhine (german: Hochrhein) is the name used for the part of the Rhine that flows westbound from Lake Constance to Basel. The High Rhine begins at the outflow of the Rhine from the Untersee in Stein am Rhein and turns into the Upper Rhine ...
in
Swabia. Radbot was one of the progenitors of the
Habsburg dynasty
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 ...
, and he chose to name his fortress Habsburg.
Radbot was probably the second son of
Lanzelin of Klettgau
Lanzelin (c. 940-981/991) was a Germanic noble and was a distant ancestor of the House of Habsburg. His father, Guntram the Rich, was a powerful nobleman. He married Lutgart, countess of Nellenbourg, Liutgarda of Nellenburg (daughter of Eberhart II ...
(son of
Guntram, Count in Breisgau) and the younger brother of
Bishop Werner I of Strasbourg. In 1010, he married Ida (before 979–1035), daughter of Duke
Frederick I of Upper Lorraine
Frederick I (c. 912 – 18 May 978) was the count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine. He was a son of Wigeric, count of Bidgau, also count palatine of Lorraine, and Cunigunda, and thus a sixth-generation descendant of Charlemagne.
In 954, he ma ...
and
Beatrice of France
Beatrice of France or Beatrice of Paris (c. 938 - 23 September 1003) was Duchess consort of Upper Lorraine by marriage to Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, and regent of Upper Lorraine in 978-980 during the minority of her son Thierry I.
Life
...
. Their son was named
Werner I, Count of Habsburg
Werner I, Count of Klettgau was a nobleman and an early member of the House of Habsburg. He was an ancestor of King Rudolph I of Germany.
Werner was sometimes called Werner the Pious. His father was Radbot of Klettgau, and his mother was Ida de ...
.
Radbot built
Habsburg Castle, and in 1027 established
Muri Abbey
Muri Abbey (german: Kloster Muri) is a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It flourished for over eight centuries at Muri, in the Canton of Aargau, near Zürich, Switzerland. It is currently established as Muri-Gries in Sout ...
, built up by
Benedictine
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, abbreviation = OSB
, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
monks descending from
Einsiedeln Abbey
Einsiedeln Abbey (german: Kloster Einsiedeln) is a Benedictine Catholic monastery in the village of Einsiedeln in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, in recognition of Meinrad of Einsiedeln, a he ...
.
References
External links
Genealogical information
980s births
1045 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
People from Waldshut (district)
House of Habsburg
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