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
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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. Their son was named
Werner I, Count of Habsburg.
Radbot built
Habsburg Castle, and in 1027 established
Muri Abbey, built up by
Benedictine
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, 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
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Genealogical information
980s births
1045 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
People from Waldshut (district)
House of Habsburg
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