Rudolf II of Montfort

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Seal of Rudolf II of Montfort-Feldkirch, the founder of the Montfort-Feldkirch line

Rudolf II († 1302 ) was Count of Montfort-Feldkirch and founded the Feldkirch line of the Count Palatine of Tübingen , which died out in 1390.

Rudolf was the son of Hugo II von Montfort and Elisabeth von Burgau, a daughter of Margrave Heinrich von Burgau . Before 1263 Rudolf married Agnes, the daughter of the powerful Count Hartmann II. Von Grüningen , and had to promise his father-in-law in September 1265 " never to worry him in half of his estates in the Alpgau , nor to give Heinrich von Schmalegg as a gift without his Consent to have something to do with ”.

The line from Montfort-Feldkirch was of great importance for the history of Vorarlberg . With the town and rule of Feldkirch , Rudolf II had brought the best share in himself. After the early death of his heir Hugo IV († 1310), his spiritual brothers, Rudolf III. († 1334) and Ulrich II. († 1350), the government.

Truchsess Eberhard von Waldburg († 1291) had married Rudolf's daughter Elisabeth before 1275.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ After the death of Count Ulrich von Württemberg in February 1265, Hartmann rose to become the most powerful count in Swabia as the guardian of Ulrich's sons.
  2. ↑ Württembergisches Urkundenbuch Volume VI, No. 1833, pp. 228-229, WUB online
  3. ↑ The Counts of Montfort.
  4. ↑ WUB Volume VII., No. 2520, pages 381-382, WUB online

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SURNAME Rudolf II of Montfort
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Montfort-Feldkirch, founder of the Feldkirch line of the Count Palatine of Tübingen
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1302