Rudolph I, Count Palatine of Tübingen

Pfalzgraf Rudolf I of Tübingen (* 1160, † March 17, 1219 ) was the first son of Count Palatine Hugh II To 1183 he founded the monastery Bebenhausen as a family grave laying ( Premonstratensian ). .

Family

He married Matilda, Countess of Gleiberg and heiress of Giessen ( † 1206). They had three sons:

• Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen (about 1185 - November 1, 1247 ) received after the father's death the rule of Horb, Herrenberg and Tübingen.
• Hugo V, Count Palatine of Tübingen (ca. 1185 - July 26, 1216 )
• Wilhelm, Count of Asperg - casting ( about 1190 - about 1252/1256 )

Grave laying

He left in Bebenhausen initially colonize the Premonstratensian order, presumably because these orders allowed the burial of laymen in their monasteries and Rudolph also wanted to give a grave laying. 1190 was the monastery over to the Cistercian Order. Nevertheless, there are Rudolph and his wife Mechthild buried in the chapter house of the monastery Bebenhausen, although the Cistercian actually such a grave lay not allowed according to its precepts. Perhaps the grave adorns this reason a plain grave plate without inscription, which is unusual for a man of his class and its meaning.