Rupert I, Count of Laurenburg

Rupert I of Laurenburg, German: Ruprecht von Laurenburg († before 13 May 1154),[1][2] was count of Laurenburg and one of the ancestors of the House of Nassau.

Biography

Nassau Castle
Schönau Abbey

Rupert 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]

Rupert is mentioned as count of Laurenburg between 1124–1152.[1][2] He probably ruled together with his brother Arnold I.[1][2] Rupert and Arnold built Nassau Castle around 1120.[2]

In 1124, Rupert became the Bishopric of Worms's Vogt over the Weilburg Diocese. He inherited this position from the Hessian Count Werner IV, Count of Gröningen. Idstein, which had come under the control of Count Dudo in 1122, was also added to this fief. Through this, Rupert was able to decisively expand the possessions of the House of Nassau. He gained, among other lands, the village of Dietkirchen and established himself in the Haiger Mark.

Along with numerous property and lordship rights in the Westerwald and Dill River region, Weilburg's territory included the former Königshof Nassau, which had fallen to Weilburg in 914. This did not, however, settle the dispute with the Bishop of Worms over the legality of constructing Nassau Castle. The dispute was settled through the intervention of the Archbishop of Trier in 1159, about five years after Robert’s death.

In 1126, Rupert endowed the Benedictine Schönau Abbey near Lipporn. The land had already in 1117 been donated by Count Dudo to Schaffhausen Abbey for construction of a monastery. Under Rupert’s rule, from 1126 to 1145, the Romanesque buildings were constructed, presumably including a three-nave basilica. The Abbey included both a monastery for monks and a convent for nuns. From 1141 until her death in 1164, the abbey convent would be the home of St. Elizabeth of Schönau.

Rupert is mentioned in a charter from 1132 as Lord of Miehlen.[2]

Rupert had continual disputes with several of his neighbors. He was a loyal follower of the Hohenstaufen Emperors. He died before 13 May 1154.

Marriage and children

Rupert married before 1135, possibly ca. 1125,[1] to Beatrix of Limburg († 12 July after 1164, still mentioned in 1165)[1], daughter of Walram II the Pagan, Count of Limburg and Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Jutta of Guelders (daughter of Gerard I, Count of Guelders).[2]
From this marriage the following children were born:[1][2][3]

In a charter from 1148 a certain Gerhard of Laurenburg is mentioned, who quite possibly was a younger son of Rupert I, however his relationship does not appear in any charter.[1][4] No marriage is mentioned for this Gerhard.[1]

Sources

  • This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article, as of 2009-01-21 and from the corresponding Dutch Wikipedia article, as of 2018-08-22.
  • 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.
  • Brandenburg, Erich (1998). Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (The Descendants of Charlemagne) (in German). Neustadt an der Aisch: Verlag Degener & Co.
  • Die territoriale Entwicklung Nassaus by Ulrich Reuling.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 4 5 6 7 dr. A.W.E. Dek, Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau, Europese Bibliotheek, Zaltbommel, 1970.
  3. ↑ Medieval Lands - Nassau.
  4. ↑ Some sources consider Gerhard, to be the son of Rupert I's brother, Arnold I. See: Family tree of the early House of Nassau, retrieved on 2009-01-22. However, Erich Brandenburg in his Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen states that it is most likely that Gerhard was Robert I's son, because Gerard was the name of Beatrix of Limburg's maternal grandfather. See: Table 11, Page 23 and note on page 151, quoted at Genealogy of the Middle Ages Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine., retrieved on 2009-01-23.
Preceded by
Dudo		 co-Count of Laurenburg
(with Arnold I)
1124–1152		 Succeeded by
Arnold II and
Rupert II
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