Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg (Born between 978 and 980, died October 28, 1028) was bishop of Strasbourg from 1001 until his death in 1028. Werner was one of the last bishops to be appointed by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor

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In 1015, Werner laid the first stone of a cathedral on the present site of Notre-Dame de Strasbourg.

Werner's father was Lanzelin of Altenburg

Altenburg

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, who died in 991 and his mother was Lutgart, Countess of Nellenbourg.

According to Eduard Hlawitschka, Werner and his brothers Rudolph I and Radbot of Klettgau

Radbot, Count of Habsburg

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 were the first members of the Habsburg

Habsburg

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 family. They were sons of Lanzelin, Count of Altenbourg, and of Lutgart, Countess of Nellenbourg (daughter of Eberhard, Count of Thurgau).

He died of fever, on the banks of the Bosphorus. He had been on his way to Constantinople

Constantinople

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External links

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