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- #Générale#Rudolf was born between 982 and 986, the younger son of Hermann I, Graf von Werl, and Gerberge de Bourgogne. He was the brother of Hermann II, Bernhard and Ida or Hitda, and the half-brother of the Gisela von Schwaben, married to Emperor Konrad II, and of Mathilde von Schwaben, married to Konrad I, Herzog von Kärnten. He was also cousin of Emperor Heinrich II 'der Heilige', Gisela's son by her second husband Heinrich II 'der Zanker', Herzog von Bayern, and he was nephew of Rudolf III, king of Burgundy.
Rudolf had a son Hermann III, who married Richenza von Schwaben about 1045 and had a daughter Oda with her. Another child may have been Rudolf/Rotho, bishop of Paderborn.
Little is known about Rudolf, but he was named after his uncle. His name was later adopted by the counts of Stade, following the marriage of his granddaughter Oda to Lothar-Udo III, Graf von Stade, Markgraf der Nordmark; their son was Rudolf I.
Rudolf was ruler of a countship in the kingdom in the Groningerland in Frisian Emsland. In this capacity he was still mentioned in sources about 1040. He may have had stewardship rights over the abbey of Werden in the Emsland. He seems to have supported the opposition of his brother Hermann against Emperor Heinrich II in 1019/19, and the opposition of his half-sister Mathilde against her brother-in-law Konrad II in 1025-1027.
The Book of the Dead from Essen lists Rudolf on 12 July as 'Rudolphus comes'. It is assumed that he died on that day in about 1044.
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