Radbot (Habsburg)

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Habsburg monument, dedicated to the founders of the monastery, Count Radebot von Habsburg and his wife Ita von Lorraine. Monastery church in Muri, Canton Aargau, Switzerland.

Radbot (* 985 ; † June 30, 1045 ) was Count in Klettgau and the second son of Lanzelin . Under his rule, the Habsburg , the seat of the Habsburgs , was built and the Muri monastery was founded. His brother was Rudolf I , founder of the Ottmarsheim monastery .

Life

“Soon after his uncle was ostracized, Radbot was able to acquire extensive land holdings in Alsace , Swabia and Aargau in Switzerland . With her husband Radbot, Ita von Lothringen , a daughter of Duke Friedrich von Oberlothringen, founded the Muri monastery in Switzerland in 1027 . As a Habsburg monastery , it was occupied by Benedictines from Einsiedeln . The first provost Reginbold directed the internal and external development of the new foundation based on the model of Einsiedeln and was actively supported by the founders. From the beginning, the family of the founders exercised their own ecclesiastical rule over the monastery, which as a result was dependent on the will of the count's family in all essentials. "

“The three-aisled Romanesque basilica, of which the crypt, the walls of the choir and the transept are still preserved, was consecrated on October 11, 1064 by Bishop Rumold of Konstanz under Provost Burkard . In 1065, Provost Burkard was elected the first abbot of Muri, thus breaking the legal bond with the Einsiedeln mother monastery. [...] Radbot and his wife Ita found their final resting place in the monastery church of their foundation in front of the cross altar, which stood in the central axis between the nave and the crossing. "

A legend

Radbot, son of Lanzelin, “is said to have built the Habichtsburg, not a spacious, respectable castle with palas, kemenaten and circular walls, but a simple tower, used solely for defense purposes. The legend reports that Radbot intentionally left his castle without watchtowers and curtain walls. Because of this carelessness, he had been sharply reprimanded by [his brother,] Bishop Werner of Strasbourg , whereupon he made a bet with the prince of the church: Within one night, Radbot promised, he would make up for what had been neglected and provide his castle with a permanent protective barrier. When the bishop went to the window of his room the next morning, he couldn't believe his eyes! Radbot's service men were set up around the castle, a living defensive line, and heavily armored riders protruded from the tightly closed ranks like towers. "

“The pious foundation at the establishment of the Muri Monastery was made at the request of his wife Ita and was intended to be an act of atonement. It is not known what misdeeds Radbot had to atone for, but in this case he hardly differed from many other noble founders of monasteries of his time, who were guided not only out of pure piety, but also by a bad conscience, for their endangered salvation in an appropriate way to care."

Siblings Radbots

  • Werner I († October 28, 1028), Bishop of Strasbourg
  • Rudolf I († before 1063) ∞ Kunegundis
  • Lantholf ∞ Anna

progeny

∞ Ita of Lorraine (* 23 July around 995, † after 1027)

  • Otto I., Count in Sundgau (1015-1046)
  • Adalbert, also Albrecht (I) (1016–1056), probably Count of the Habsburgs
  • Werner I. (* 1025 - † November 11, 1096), Count on the Habsburg ∞ Reginlind

See also

Web links

literature

  • Johann Franzl: Rudolf I. The first Habsburg on the German throne , Syria publishing house, Graz Vienna Cologne 1986. ISBN 3-222-11668-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Franzl: Rudolf I. The first Habsburg on the German throne , Syria publishing house, Graz Vienna Cologne 1986, p. 290.
  2. ^ Johann Franzl: Rudolf I. , Verlag Syria, 1986, p. 290 f.
  3. ^ Johann Franzl: Rudolf I. , 1986, p. 10.
  4. ^ Johann Franzl: Rudolf I. , p. 11.
  5. ^ Johann Franzl: Rudolf I. , p. 291.
  6. ↑ since the genealogical census with Albrecht II., Son of the brother Werner and Albrecht III. († 1199) continues
  7. ↑ a b "von Habsburg" probably from Otto II. († 1111)
predecessor Office successor
? Landolt / Lanzelin Count in Klettgau
Count of Habsburg
985-1045 / 1096 		? Adalbert / Albrecht or Werner I.
personal data
SURNAME Radbot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Radepoto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Founder of the Habsburgs, the ancestral seat of the Habsburgs, Graf im Klettgau
DATE OF BIRTH 985
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1045