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Radbot of Klettgau
Radbot
, Count of
Klettgau
, also known as
Radbot of Klettgau
, was
Graf
of the
county
of Klettgau on the
High Rhine
in
Swabia
. Radbot was one of the
progenitors
of the
Habsburg dynasty
, and he
chose
to name his
fortress
Habsburg.
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
,
daughter
of
Duke
Frederick I of Upper Lorraine
and
Beatrice of France
. Their son was named
Werner I, Count of Habsburg
.
Radbot built
Habsburg Castle
, and in 1027
established
Muri Abbey
, built up by
Benedictine monks
descending
from
Einsiedeln Abbey
.