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Rudolf von Achalm, Count of Urach and Achalm

German: Rudolph II. von Achalm, Graf von Urach und Achalm
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Germany
Death: September 24, 1050 (50-59)
Dettingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Immediate Family:

Son of Lütold von Dettingen
Husband of Adelheid von Achalm
Father of Konrad Graf von Achalm, Graf von Wülflingen; Willibirg von Achalm; Mathilde Countess of Achalm, von Horburg; Leuthold von Achalm, count and monk; Egon | Egino von Achalm, graf and 6 others

Occupation: Comte, d'Achalm, d'Urach
Managed by: Douglas John Nimmo
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About Rudolf von Achalm, Count of Urach and Achalm

Graf Rudolf I von Achalm, vollendete den Bau der Schloß Achalm.

Count Rudolf died after 1030.

See http://www.e-familytree.net/F252/F252022.htm for more information, speculative research of Rob Salzman (http://www.e-familytree.net/surnames.htm).

Eight sons, three daughters. Birth order of sons given as:

  1. Couno (alias Conrad) primogenitus,
  2. secundus Liutoldus,
  3. tercio Egino,
  4. quartus Roudolfus,
  5. quinto Hunfridus,
  6. sextus Beringerus,
  7. septimus Wernherus postea Strasburgensis episcopus (An eighth, Goteschalk, apparently died in infancy and was not counted.)

-http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WURTTEMBERG.htm#RudolfAchalmMAdelhe...

2. RUDOLF (-24 Sep ---, bur Dettingen, transferred to Zwiefalten). Ortlieb's Chronicon of Zwiefalten records that "duo germani fratres Egino, Rudolfus" founded “urbis...Achalmin”. but that Egino died before construction of his castle was completed, naming his brother Rudolf as his heir[150]. Graf von Achalm. The necrology of Zwiefalten records the death "VIII Kal Oct" of "Ruodolfus com pater Liutolfi comitis"[151].

m ADELHEID von Wülflingen, daughter of LIUTOLD Comte de Montbéliard [Mompelgard] & his wife Willibirg von Wülflingen (-29 Aug [1065], bur Strasbourg Cathedral). Ortlieb's Chronicon of Zwiefalten records that Rudolf married "filiam comitis Liuthoni ac Willibirgæ de Mumpilgart seu de Wulvelingin Adelheidam...sororem Hunfridi Ravennantiam archiepiscopi", adding that the couple had seven sons and three daughters[152]. A charter dated to [1053] records that "sue sororis Adelheide, eiusque filiorum" confirmed the donations to Strasbourg by "Hunfrit Argentinensis ecclesie…canonicus, postea…Ravennas archiepiscopi" after first challenging them[153]. The necrology of Zwiefalten records the death "IV Kal Sep" of "Adelheit com mater comitis Liutoldi"[154].

 Graf Rudolf & his wife had eleven children: 

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Rudolf von Achalm, Count of Urach and Achalm's Timeline

995
995
Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Germany
1020
1020
(Achalm), Eningen, Germany
1028
1028
(Achalm), Eningen, Germany
1030
1030
Germany
1031
1031
(Achalm), Eningen, Germany
1032
1032
(Achalm), Eningen, Germany
1035
1035
(Achalm), Eningen, Germany
1036
1036
(Achalm), Eningen, Germany
1038
1038
1039
1039
(Achalm), Eningen, Germany