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of Laurenburg and is considered the founder of the

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, while officially belonging to this House.

Life

Dudo was a son of Rupert (German: ''Ruprecht''), the Archbishop of Mainz’s

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in Siegerland. Dudo is mentioned as ''Tuto de Lurinburg'' between 1093 and 1117. In a charter dated 1134 (after his death) he is mentioned as Count of Laurenburg. Dudo was lord or Vogt of

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and owned large parts of the lands of Lipporn/

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. There are more persons known who, as owners of the lands of Lipporn/Laurenburg (and thus the predecessors of Dudo), probably also were his ancestors. The first is a certain Drutwin mentioned in 881 as a landowner in Prüm, and who is the oldest known possible ancestor of the House of Nassau. Dudo built the castle of Laurenburg around 1090.Dek (1970). In 1117, Dudo donated land to Schaffhausen Abbey for construction of a monastery in Lipporn. This monastery, built under Dudo's son Rupert I in 1126, was the

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. From 1141 until her death in 1164, the abbey would be the home of St.

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. In 1122, Dudo received the castle of Idstein in the

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as a fief under the Archbishopric of Mainz. This was part of the inheritance of Count Udalrich of Idstein-Eppstein. He also received the Vogtship of the richly endowed

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Bleidenstadt Abbey (in present-day

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Marriage and children

Dudo married the fourth of the seven daughters of Count Louis I of Arnstein, possibly her name was Irmgardis or Demudis. Three children were born of this union:Cawley. # Rupert I of Laurenburg (died before 13 May 1154), mentioned as Count of Laurenburg 1124–1152. # Arnold I of Laurenburg (died before 1154), mentioned as Count of Laurenburg 1124–1148. # Demudis, who married Count Emich of Diez

References

Sources

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External links

Die territoriale Entwicklung Nassaus
by Ulrich Reuling. . Retrieved on 2009-01-20.

in

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