Werner II, Count of Habsburg
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Werner II was Count of Habsburg
Habsburg, Switzerland
Habsburg is a municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It lies about three kilometres southwest of the town of Brugg, the capital of the district of Brugg...

 and a progenitor of the royal House of Habsburg. He was the great-great-grandfather of King Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg dynasty to a leading position among the Imperial feudal dynasties...

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He was the son of Count Otto II of Habsburg
Otto II, Count of Habsburg
Otto II was a graf and one of the founding members of the Habsburg family. He was the son of Werner I, Count of Habsburg. In 1108, Otto accompanied Kaiser Heinrich V on the warpath against Hungary. On his return, in 1111, he was murdered. He married Hilla von Pfirt , with whom he had two sons,...

 and Hilla of Pfirt
Ferrette
Ferrette is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is situated close to the Swiss border. Its main attraction is the Château de Ferrette.-County of Ferrette:...

. Werner married Ida von Homberg. He died near Tusculum
Tusculum
Tusculum is a ruined Roman city in the Alban Hills, in the Latium region of Italy.-Location:Tusculum is one of the largest Roman cities in Alban Hills. The ruins of Tusculum are located on Tuscolo hill—more specifically on the northern edge of the outer crater ring of the Alban volcano...

 after the Battle of Monte Porzio
Battle of Monte Porzio
The Battle of Monte Porzio was fought on 29 May 1167 between the Holy Roman Empire and the Commune of Rome...

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He was the father of Count Albert III of Habsburg
Albert III, Count of Habsburg
Albert III , also known as Albert the Rich, was Count of Habsburg and a progenitor of the royal House of Habsburg....

 and Bishop Otto II of Constance
Bishopric of Constance
The Bishopric of Constance was a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church and ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from about 585 until 1821. Its seat was Konstanz at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany...

(1165–1174). His daughter Richenza married Count Louis I of Pfirt.

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