Radbot, Count of Habsburg
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Radbot, Count of Habsburg (ca. 985
985
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 – 1045), also known as Radbot of Klettgau, was Graf
Graf
Graf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a count or a British earl...

of the county
County
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 of Klettgau
Klettgau
Klettgau is a group of towns in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Landgraviat of Klettgau to 1812.There is a border crossing into Switzerland at Erzingen to Trasadingen in Schaffhausen canton....

 on the High Rhine
High Rhine
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 in Swabia
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One of the progenitors of the Habsburg dynasty, Radbot was probably the second son of Lanzelin of Klettgau and the younger brother of Bishop Werner I of Strasbourg. In 1010, he married Ida (970–1026), daughter of Duke Frederick I of Upper Lorraine
Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine
Frederick I was the count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine. He was a son of Wigeric, count of Bidgau, also count palatine of Lorraine, and Cunigunda, and thus a sixth generation descendant of Charlemagne....

. Their son was named Werner I, Count of Habsburg
Werner I, Count of Habsburg
Werner I, Count of Habsburg . The great-great-great-great-grandfather of Rudolph I of Germany.He was sometimes called Werner The Pious. His father was Radbot, Count of Habsburg, and his mother was Ida de Lorraine...

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Radbot built Habsburg Castle
Habsburg castle
Habsburg Castle is a medieval fortress located in Habsburg, Switzerland in the canton of Aargau, near the Aar River. At the time of its construction, the location was part of the Duchy of Swabia. Habsburg Castle is the originating seat of the House of Habsburg, which became one of the leading...

 and in 1027 established Muri Abbey
Muri Abbey
Muri Abbey was a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It flourished for over eight centuries at Muri, in the Canton of Aargau, near Basle in Switzerland...

 built up by Benedictine
Order of Saint Benedict
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 monks descending from Einsiedeln Abbey
Einsiedeln Abbey
Einsiedeln Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, the title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated...

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