Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden (1230 – 19 November 1288
) served as Regent to Margrave
Frederick I from 1250 until 1267, then as Margrave of
Baden
Baden (; ) is a historical territory in southern Germany. In earlier times it was considered to be on both sides of the Upper Rhine, but since the Napoleonic Wars, it has been considered only East of the Rhine.
History
The margraves of Ba ...
from 1268 until his death in 1288.
He was the son of
Herman V and
Irmengard, Countess Palatine of the Rhine.
She was the daughter of
Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Henry V, the Elder of Brunswick (; – 28 April 1227), a member of the House of Welf, was Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1195 until 1212.
Life
Henry was the eldest son of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria and Matilda, the eldest ...
.
Rudolf inherited Baden, together with his brother
Herman VI, until Herman VI married into the Austrian ducal family. Rudolf I then became the sole ruler of Baden-Baden.
Rudolf I married Kunigunde of Eberstein in 1257. The Eberstein family were in a position to raise money for Rudolf, and they bequeathed half their castle to the margrave. In 1283, Otto II of Eberstein sold the other half of
Old Eberstein Castle to Rudolf I. In the 14th century, the castle was the place of residence for the Margraves of Baden. In 1250 Rudolf I began the construction of
Hohenbaden Castle
Hohenbaden Castle (at the time of its establishment ''Schloss Hohenbaden'', now ''Old castle'' or ''Altes Schloss'') in German Baden-Baden was the residence of the margraves of Margraviate of Baden, Baden for almost 400 years. The castle was built ...
.
On 23 August 1258 King
Richard of Cornwall
Richard (5 January 1209 – 2 April 1272) was an English prince who was King of the Romans from 1257 until his death in 1272. He was the second son of John, King of England, and Isabella, Countess of Angoulême. Richard was nominal Count of ...
gave the city of Steinbach its
charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the ...
.
Rudolf I had asked the king to do this.
The Lords of Weissenstein sold their castle Liebeneck
and the village of Würm to the margrave. Rudolf I quarreled with the Counts of
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...
and the Bishops of
Straßburg
Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin department and the official seat of the European Parliament.
The cit ...
over the tolls on the
Rhine
The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Swit ...
. The quarrel with Württemberg ended in later years because of the marriage of one of Rudolf's sons into the Württemberg dynasty.
Rudolf I built many churches and abbeys. Because of his love of art and
Minnesang, Rudolf was lauded by Beppo of Basel as a pious and benevolent man. He is buried in
Lichtenthal Abbey.
Marriage
On 20 May 1257 Rudolf married
Kunigunde of Eberstein Kunigunde, Kunigunda, or Cunigunde, is a European female name of German origin derived from "kuni" (clan, family) and "gund" (war). In Polish this is sometimes Kunegunda or Kinga (disambiguation), Kinga. People with such names include:
*Kunigunde of ...
(1230 – 12 April 1284/1290 in
Lichtental), the daughter of Count Otto of Eberstein. They had the following children:
*
Herman VII (1266 – 12 July 1291)
*
Rudolf II
Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the H ...
(died 14 February 1295)
*
Hesso (1268 – 14 February 1295)
*
Rudolf III (died 2 February 1332)
*
Kunigunde (1265 – 22 July 1310), married 20 December 1291 Count
Frederick VI of Zollern
*
Adelheid (died 18 August 1295); Abbess of
Lichtenthal Abbey
*
Kunigunde (died 1310/1315); married on 27 March 1293 to Count Rudolf II of Wertheim
* Irmengard (1270 – 8 February 1320); married on 21 June 1296 to
Count Eberhard I of Württemberg
References
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House of Zähringen
Margraves of Baden-Baden
1230 births
1288 deaths