Rudolf II

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 992.

The date is given by Schneidmüller. Cawley gives 10 March.

Place of Burial: Altdorf.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

(probable) Father: Rudolf I.

Sources give Rudolf II’s father as Heinrich, but Cawley suggests there was another Rudolf inserted here for chronological reasons. Schneidmüller also gives this.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Ita von Öhningen

This relationship is given by Schneidmüller (p. 11). Cawley notes that unreliable sources give her parents as Konrad von Öhningen and Richlind, daughter of Otto I.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Heinrich (died 15 November, about 1000).

Welf II (died 10 March 1030) married Irmentrud.

Richlind (died 12 June 1045) married Adalbero, count of Ebersberg.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Rudolf” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Schneidmüller, Bernd. Die Welfen: Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819-1252) (Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, 2000).