Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg (born between 978 and 980, died October 28, 1028) was
bishop of Strasbourg
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These persons were bishop, archbishop or prince-bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg (including historically Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg):
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*Amandus
*Justinus v ...
from 1001 until his death in 1028. Werner was one of the last bishops to be appointed by
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor.
In 1015, Werner laid the first stone of a cathedral on the present site of
Notre-Dame de Strasbourg in
Strasbourg,
Alsace
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.
Werner's father was
Lanzelin of
Altenburg
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(and of Klettgau), who died in 991 and his mother was
Lutgart, Countess of Nellenbourg.
According to
Eduard Hlawitschka, Werner and his brothers
Rudolph I and
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 ...
were the first members of the
Habsburg family. They were sons of Lanzelin, Count of Altenbourg (son of
Guntram, Count in Breisgau), and of Lutgart, Countess of Nellenbourg (daughter of
Eberhard, Count of Thurgau).
He died of fever, on the banks of the
Bosphorus
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on his way to
Constantinople.
External links
*http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/habsburger/werner_1_bischof_von_stra%DFburg_+_1028.html
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1028 deaths
11th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire
Bishops of Strasbourg
Year of birth uncertain