Rupert II, Count of Laurenburg
Rupert II of Laurenburg, Ruprecht II. von Laurenburg was count of Laurenburg and one of the ancestors of the House of Nassau.Biography
Rupert was a son of count Rupert I of Laurenburg and Beatrix of Limburg, a daughter of Walram II the Pagan, Count of Limburg and Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Jutta of Guelders.
Rupert is mentioned as count of Laurenburg between 1154 and 1158. He ruled together with his brother Arnold II. Rupert and Arnold were, together with their mother, last mentioned in a charter dated 1 April 1158.Uncertainty about wife and children
Due to the lack of data, there is much unknown about the early counts of Laurenburg and Nassau, including the exact family relationships. Maybe the wife of Rupert was also called Beatrix, but no marriage has been mentioned of him. As the uncle of count Rupert III of Nassau, Rupert II could very well have been the father of count Walram I of Nassau, who then, as cousin, succeeded count Herman of Nassau, the son of Rupert III.
