Lanzelin,_Count_of_Habsburg

Lanzelin of Klettgau

Lanzelin of Klettgau

10th century Germanic noble

Lanzelin (c. 940-981/991) was a Germanic noble and was a distant ancestor of the House of Habsburg. His father,[1] Guntram the Rich, was a powerful nobleman. He married Liutgarda of Nellenburg (daughter of Eberhart III of Thurgau[2]) from whom he inherited part of his possessions in present-day Switzerland, whilst from his father he inherited the titles of Duke of Muri and Count of Sundgau.[3] He also possessed the titles of Duke of Altenburg and Count of Klettgau, and had lands in Alsace.

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Several male children were born to him, amongst which are:

  • Lanzelin II or Lanzelin the Younger († 1027), who was Count of Reichenau, as well as a possible predecessor of the House of Zähringen.
  • Werner († 1028), Bishop of Strasbourg.
  • Radbot († 1045), Count of Klettgau and builder of Habsburg Castle. He was the ancestor of what would become the House of Habsburg.
  • Rudolf I († 1064), Count of Habsburg.[4]

He also had a daughter, Ita von Habsburg.

References

  1. [1]
    "Lanzelin, count of Altenberg". geni_family_tree. 942. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  2. [2]
    Anzeiger für Schweizerische geschichte (in German). Buchdruckerei K. J. Wyss. 1889.
  3. [3]
    "eberhard_3_graf_im_thurgau_971". www.manfred-hiebl.de. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  4. [4]
    Jaffé, Philipp; Wattenbach, Wilhelm; Dümmler, Ernst Ludwig (1864). Bibliotheca rerum germanicarum. New York Public Library. Berolini, apud Weidmannos.


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