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Chapter 21. GRAFEN von LAURENBURG, GRAFEN von NASSAU

Two brothers:

DUDO (-after 4 Feb 1005). "Tudo comes" donated property "in villa Beristat…[et] capellam in Biburch" to Kloster Bleidenstatt, with the consent of "uxoris sue Rotrude et filii eorum Tudonis", by charter dated 4 Feb 1005[2081]. A list of acquisitions by Kloster Bleidenstatt, dated to 1017-1079, includes a donation of "curtem in Winkelo" by "domina Hemma" for the anniversary of her husband, with the consent of "Ludewici comitis fratris sui", witnessed by "Embricho comes, Dudo comes et frater eius Udalrich"[2082]. m ROTRUDE, daughter of --- (-after 4 Feb 1005). "Tudo comes" donated property "in villa Beristat…[et] capellam in Biburch" to Kloster Bleidenstatt, with the consent of "uxoris sue Rotrude et filii eorum Tudonis", by charter dated 4 Feb 1005[2083].

Dudo & his wife had one child:

1. DUDO . "Tudo comes" donated property "in villa Beristat…[et] capellam in Biburch" to Kloster Bleidenstatt, with the consent of "uxoris sue Rotrude et filii eorum Tudonis", by charter dated 4 Feb 1005[2084].

UDALRICH . A list of acquisitions by Kloster Bleidenstatt, dated to 1017-1079, includes a donation of "curtem in Winkelo" by "domina Hemma" for the anniversary of her husband, with the consent of "Ludewici comitis fratris sui", witnessed by "Embricho comes, Dudo comes et frater eius Udalrich"[2085].

DUDO (-after 1117). "advocatus et comes de Lurenburch" [Laurenburg]. 1093-1117. m --- von Arnstein, daughter of LUDWIG [I] Graf von Arnstein & his wife ---. The Vita Lodewici comitis de Arnstein records that "in castro Arnstein…comes…Lodewicus" had seven sisters, of whom the fourth married "Nassauwen"[2086].

Dudo & his wife had three children:

1. RUPRECHT [I] von Laurenburg (-before 13 May 1154). The Vita Lodewici comitis de Arnstein names "Rubertum…et Arnoldum et Demudim filiam" as the children of "Nassauwen" and his wife, daughter of "in castro Arnstein…comes…Lodewicus"[2087].
2. ARNOLD [I] (-after 1148). The Vita Lodewici comitis de Arnstein names "Rubertum…et Arnoldum et Demudim filiam" as the children of "Nassauwen" and his wife, daughter of "in castro Arnstein…comes…Lodewicus"[2088]. "Emicho comes et frater suus Gerlach, Meinhardus comes de Spanheim, Arnoldus de Lurinbergk, Sifridus comes de Nuringen, Albero de Hachinfels, Eberhardus de Hostetten…Embricho comes de Rinegowe…" witnessed the charter dated 1123 under which Adalbert Archbishop of Mainz confirmed donations to Kloster Altmünster by "Meingotus filius Embrichonis quondam camerarii nostri", leaving for Jerusalem, with the consent of "fratris sui Dudonis"[2089]. "…Arnoldus et frater eius Rubertus de Lurenburch…" signed the charter dated 1128 under which Adalbert Archbishop of Mainz donated property to Mainz cathedral[2090]. Vogt von St Georg at Limburg. 1124/48. Hillin Archbishop of Trier confirmed an exchange of property "in pago Nahgove in archiepiscopatu Moguntino per manum Folmari comitis de Castele et advocati prædictæ curiæ" for property "in Nasove…in pago Logenæ" with the bishop of Worms, represented by "advocati maioris domus Symonis comitis de Sarbruke", adding that "prædictum castrum de Nasove" had been occupied violently by "antecessores Ruberti et Arnoldi de Lurenberg", by charter dated 9 Mar 1158 witnessed by "Symon advocatus maioris domus Wormatiensis ecclesiæ, Folmar comes de Castele, Cunradus comes de Cherberch, Hemico comes de Boimeneburch, Godefridus comes de Spanheim, Gerlacus comes de Veldenze…"[2091].
3. DEMUDIS . The Vita Lodewici comitis de Arnstein names "Rubertum…et Arnoldum et Demudim filiam" as the children of "Nassauwen" and his wife, daughter of "in castro Arnstein…comes…Lodewicus", stating that Demudis married "Embriconi…pater…comitis Henrici, patris Gerhardi comitis de Dithse"[2092]. m EMBRICHO Graf von Diez, son of --- (-after 1133).

Dudo of Laurenburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudo_of_Laurenburg

Dudo of Laurenburg

• Born ?
• Died before 1124
• Noble family House of Nassau
• Spouse(s) The fourth of the seven daughters of Count Louis I of Arnstein
• Father Rupert?
• Mother ?

Dudo of Laurenburg, German: Dudo von Laurenburg, Latin: Tuto de Lurinburg († before 1124),[1] was probably Count of Laurenburg and is considered the founder of the House of Nassau. The House of Nassau would become one of the reigning families in Germany, from which are descended through females the present-day royals of the Netherlands and Luxembourg, while officially belonging to this House.

Laurenburg Castle

Dudo was probably a son of Rupert (German: Ruprecht), the Archbishop of Mainz’s Vogt in Siegerland. Dudo is mentioned as Tuto de Lurinburg between 1093 and 1117.[1] In a charter dated 1134 (after his death) he is mentioned as Count of Laurenburg.[1]

Dudo was lord or Vogt of Lipporn and Miehlen and owned large parts of the lands of Lipporn/Laurenburg. 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.[1]

Dudo built the castle of Laurenburg around 1090. 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 Benedictine Schönau Abbey. From 1141 until her death in 1164, the abbey would be the home of St. Elizabeth of Schönau.

In 1122, Dudo received the castle of Idstein in the Taunus 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 Benedictine Bleidenstadt Abbey (in present-day Taunusstein).[2]

Marriage and children

Dudo married the fourth of the seven daughters of Count Louis I of Arnstein, possibly her name was Irmgardis or Demudis.[1] Three children were born of this union:[1][3][4]

• Rupert I of Laurenburg († before 13 May 1154), mentioned as Count of Laurenburg 1124–1152.
• Arnold I of Laurenburg († before 1154), mentioned as Count of Laurenburg 1124–1148.
• Demudis, who married Count Emich of Diez

External links

Die territoriale Entwicklung Nassaus by Ulrich Reuling. Family tree of the early House of Nassau. Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Nassau, compiled by Charles Cawley.

Sources

• Parts of this article were translated from the corresponding Dutch Wikipedia on August 21st, 2018.
• Dek, Dr. A.W.E. (1970). Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau (in Dutch). Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek. OCLC 27365371.
• Hesselfelt, H.F.J., De oudste generaties van het Huis Nassau in: De Nederlandsche Leeuw, Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde 1965, nr. 11.
• 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
• Hesselfelt, H.F.J., De oudste generaties van het Huis Nassau in: De Nederlandsche Leeuw, Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde 1965, nr. 11.
• Die territoriale Entwicklung Nassaus by Ulrich Reuling. Retrieved on 2009-01-20.
• Dek, Dr. A.W.E. (1970). Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau (in Dutch). Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek. OCLC 27365371.
• Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Nassau, compiled by Charles Cawley.

NOTE:Graaf van Laurenburg (vermeld 1093-1117); heer van Miehlen. Hij bouwde het kasteel Laurenburg en stichtte het klooster te Lipporn.

Foto do castelo: http://www.wandermagazin.de/media/archive/3271.621.jpg