Arnold I, Count of Laurenburg

Arnold I of Laurenburg, German: Arnold I. von Laurenburg (died before 1154), was count of Laurenburg and an ancestor of the House of Nassau.

Arnold I, Count of Laurenburg
Born	?
Died	before 1154
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	—
Father	Dudo of Laurenburg
Mother	The fourth of the seven daughters of count Louis I of Arnstein

Life

Nassau Castle

Arnold was a son of Dudo of Laurenburg (German: Dudo von Laurenburg) and the fourth of the seven daughters of count Louis I of Arnstein, possibly her name was Irmgardis or Demudis.

Arnold is mentioned as count of Laurenburg between 1124 and 1148. He probably ruled together with his brother Rupert I. Arnold and Rupert built Nassau Castle around 1124.

In 1124, Arnold became the Vogt of Idstein. Idstein had come under the control of Count Dudo in 1122.

Arnold was the Vogt of St. George's Monastery in Limburg 1124–1148.

No marriage has been mentioned of Arnold.

Sources

• Parts of this article were translated from the corresponding Dutch Wikipedia on August 21st, 2018.
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• Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A. (1882). Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden [The Royal House of Orange-Nassau. From the earliest days until the present] (in Dutch). Leiden & Utrecht: A.W. Sijthoff & J.L. Beijers.

External links

• Family tree of the early House of Nassau Archived 2016-03-24 at the Wayback Machine.