Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf

Rudolf II (also Rudolph) (died c.990) was a count of Altdorf and a member of the Swabian group of the Elder House of Welf.

He was the son of Rudolf I, count of Altdorf,[1] son of Henry, son of Eticho count of Ammergau, son of Welf I. He was married to Ita of Öhningen, daughter of Conrad I, Duke of Swabia.[2] With his wife, Ita, Rudolf had several children, including:

  • Henry, count of Altdorf (died c.1000).
  • Welf II, Count of Swabia[3]
  • Richlind of Altdorf, married Adalbert II, count of Ebersberg (died 1045)
  • ? Eberhard, bishop of Bamberg (1007-1041)
  • ? Cuno I., count of Sualafeld (died after 1020)

Rudolf died c.990 and was buried at Altdorf.[4]

References

  • A. Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte, Band I, Teilband 1 (Frankfurt am Main, 1993).
  • D. Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln Neue Folge, Volume I. 1
  • B. Schneidmüller, Die Welfen. Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819–1252). (Stuttgart, 2000)
  • Freed, John B. (2016). Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth. Yale University Press.

Notes

  1. ^ Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln, table 29
  2. ^ Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, table 17
  3. ^ Freed 2016, p. 13.
  4. ^ Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, p. 116

External links

  • Rudolf II, Graf von Altdorf (in German)


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