Werner I, Count of Klettgau was a nobleman and an early member 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 ...

. He was an ancestor of King

Rudolph I of Germany 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 ...

. Werner was sometimes called Werner the Pious. His father was

Radbot of Klettgau Radbot, Count of Klettgau (c. 9851045) was (Count) of the county of Klettgau on the High Rhine in Swabia. Radbot was one of the progenitors of the Habsburg dynasty, and he chose to name his fortress Habsburg. Radbot was probably the second son ...

, and his mother was Ida de Lorraine (also known as Ita von Lothringen), who was the daughter of

Frederick I, Duke 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 marr ...

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 ...

. In 1057, Werner married Reginlinde of Nellenbourg (1027–1090). He had two sons:

Otto II Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (''der Rote''), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy. ...

, and Albert II (also known as Albrecht II or Adalbert II).

References

* Werner I. (Habsburg)

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070523114314/http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/habsburger/werner_1_graf_von_habsburg_+_1096.html * http://genealogiequebec.info/testphp/info.php?no=114243 11th-century births 1096 deaths Year of birth unknown House of Habsburg {{Germany-noble-stub