Rudolf of Neuchâtel

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Count Rudolf of Neuchâtel ( Codex Manesse , 14th century)

Count Rudolf II of Neuchâtel or Rudolf von Fenis († before August 30, 1196 ) from the family of the Counts of Neuchâtel was a Swiss minstrel of the 12th century .

The ancestral seat of Rudolf von Neuenburg stands in Neuchâtel between Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Biel and has been attested since 1181 . Rudolf von Neuenburg died young before August 30, 1196 . Bishop Berthold von Neuenburg was a brother of Rudolf. Rudolf had a son, Berthold, who continued the older branch of the House of Neuchâtel.

According to his partly French-speaking homeland, he wrote after the models of Folquet de Marselha and Peire Vidal , but in Middle High German .

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Wikisource: Rudolf von Neuenburg  - Sources and full texts

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  1. Partly also referred to as the "French branch", as this branch received the possessions that were primarily in the French-speaking area when the inheritance was divided.