Rudolf I (Stade)
Rudolf I of Stade (* 11th century ; † December 7, 1124 ) was Count of Stade and Margrave of the Nordmark (1106–1114).
Life
Rudolf was a son of Lothar Udo II von Stade and Oda von Werl . In 1106 he became Margrave of the Nordmark after the death of his brother Lothar Udo III. as guardian for his son Heinrich II.
In 1112 he was deposed by Emperor Heinrich V as a follower of Duke Lothar of Saxony . Helperich von Plötzkau became the new margrave . In June 1112 he was rehabilitated. In 1114 he gave the margraviate to Heinrich II. In 1124 Rudolf, his wife Richgard and their blood relative Meginhard von Sponheim furnished the new Sponheim monastery with goods. At the end of that year Rudolf died on December 24th.
Marriage and offspring
Rudolf was married to Richardis (Richgard), daughter of Hermann von Spanheim , burgrave of Magdeburg .
Were sons and a daughter
- Udo IV. († 1130), Margrave of the Nordmark (1128–1130)
- Rudolf II. († 1144), Margrave of the Nordmark (1133)
- Hartwig († 1168), Archbishop of Bremen
- Luitgard († 1152), 1. ∞ Friedrich II. Von Sommerschenburg , Count Palatine of Saxony, † 1162 (divorced around 1144); 2.∞ Erik III. Lam King of Denmark , † 1146, 3rd Count Hermann II of Winzenburg † 1152
- Richardis, confidante of Hildegard von Bingen
literature
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Lothar Udo II and the Stade Count House. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, pp. 257-260.
- Friedrich Hausmann : The Counts of Ortenburg and their male ancestors, the Spanheimers in Carinthia, Saxony and Bavaria, as well as their branch lines. In: East Bavarian border marks. Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde. No. 36, Passau 1994 (pp. 9-62).
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| SURNAME | Rudolf I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudolf I of Stade |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Margrave of the Saxon Nordmark, Count von Stade |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1124 |