Werner von Habsburg

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Werner or Wernher was the name of at least three members of the Habsburg (sometimes Hapsburg, in French Habsbourg) family.[1]. Confusingly, two of them are referred to as "Werner I".

Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg

Born between 978 and 980, died 1028-10-28.

Bishop of Strasbourg from 1001 until his death in 1028. Werner was one of the last bishops to be appointed by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor.

In 1015, Werner laid the first stone of a cathedral on the present site of Notre-Dame de Strasbourg.

Father: Lanzelin of Altenburg (d. 991).

According to de:Eduard Hlawitschka, this Werner and his brothers Rudolph I and Radbot of Klettgau were the first members of the Habsburg family. They were sons of Lanzelin, count of Altenbourg, and of Lutgart, countess of Nellenbourg (daughter of Eberhard, count of Thurgau).

He died of fever, on the banks of the Bosphorus. He had been on his way to Constantinople.

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Werner I, Count von Habsburg

Born c. 1025-1030, died 1096-11-11. The great-great-great-great-grandfather of Rudolph I of Germany.

Sometimes called Werner The Pious. [4]

Father: Radbot, Count of Habsburg.

Mother: Ida de Lorraine, a.k.a. Ita von Lothringen.

Two sons: Otto II and Albert II (a.k.a. Albrecht II or Adalbert II).

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Werner II, Count von Habsburg

Died 1167-08-19.

Father: Otto II.

Mother: Hilla von Pfirt.

Wife: Ida von Homberg.

Daughter: Richenza von Habsburg.

Son: Albrecht III of Habsburg (the Rich).

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