Rudolf I, Count Palatine of Tübingen

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Rudolph I, Count Palatine of Tübingen (1160 – 17 March 1219) was the eldest son of Count Palatine Hugo II, Count Palatine of Tübingen. Around 1183, he founded the Premonstratensian Bebenhausen Abbey as a burial place for his family.

He married Matilda, Countess of Gleiberg and heir of Giessen (d. 1206). They had three sons.[1]

  • Rudolph II (c. 1185 – 1 November 1247), inherited Horb, Herrenberg and Tübingen.
  • Hugo V (c. 1185 – 26 July 1216)
  • William, Count of Asperg-Giessen (c. 1190 – c. 1252/1256)

References

  1. 1.Bernhard Peter: Photos of ancient arms, Nr. 1215