Arnold I, Count of Laurenburg

Arnold I of Laurenburg († before 1154),[1] was count of Laurenburg and an ancestor of the House of Nassau.

Biography

Nassau Castle

Arnold was a son of Dudo of Laurenburg (German: Dudo von Laurenburg) and the fourth of the seven daughters of count Louis I of Arnstein, possibly her name was Irmgardis or Demudis.[1]

Arnold is mentioned as count of Laurenburg between 1124–1148.[1][2] He probably ruled together with his brother Rupert I.[1][2] Arnold and Rupert built Nassau Castle around 1120.[2]

In 1124, Arnold became the Vogt of Idstein. Idstein had come under the control of Count Dudo in 1122. Arnold also later became the Vogt of St. George's Monastery Church in Limburg an der Lahn.

No marriage has been mentioned of Arnold.[1]

Sources

  • Parts of this article were translated from the corresponding Dutch Wikipedia on August 21st, 2018.
  • Schwennicke, Detlev (1998). Europäische Stammtafeln (European Ruler Tables), Neue Folge Band I (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann GmbH. ISBN 3-465-02743-4. Table 60.
  • Thiele, Andreas (1994). Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte, Band I, Teilband 2: Deutsche Kaiser-, Königs-, Herzogs- und Grafenhäuser II (Annotated genealogical tables of rulers from European History, Volume 1, Part 2: German Emperor, King, Duke and Count Houses II) (in German) (2nd ed.). Frankfurt am Main: RG Fischer Verlag. ISBN 3-89501-023-5.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 H.F.J. Hesselfelt, De oudste generaties van het huis Nassau in: De Nederlandsche Leeuw, Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde 1965, nr. 11.
  2. 1 2 3 dr. A.W.E. Dek, Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau, Europese Bibliotheek, Zaltbommel, 1970.
Preceded by
Dudo		 co-Count of Laurenburg
(with Rupert I)
1124–1148		 Succeeded by
Rupert I
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