Walter Staufer

Ancestors

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Walter Staufer has German Roots.

Biography

Walter is mentioned as son of Hildegard von Egisheim in a donation by Hildegard in 1094.^[1] His father, Friedrich von Büren, can be deduced from mention of Konrad's family members in De Fundatione Monasterii S. Fidis Sletstatensis.^[2] The same document notes that all brothers of Friedrich I von Staufen had died before his death in 1105.^[3]

Research Note

LNAB changed from Büren to Staufer 6 Aug 2021. Re: Hohenstaufen - As far as I can see we would only have to look at the siblings and ancestors of Hohenstaufen-13. We have them as Büren. Of note, though, that only one of them was ever called von Büren (de Buren in the Latin source). The father of that one is only identified as Friedrich (Fridericus) in only one source, Stablo's Tabula consanguinitatis. Unfortunately, there is no definite genealogy of the Staufer family to fall back on. Furthermore, the location of "Büren" has not been definitively settled and it appears in no other contemporary source. Considering that the Staufer seem to appear out of nowhere and yet marry women of very high, even imperial families, and get appointed to high positions such as dukes within a couple of generations of their first mention in the sources it is entirely possible that they really belong to another, unidentified prominent family in the empire.

Sources

1. ↑ Herrgott, Marquart: Genealogia Diplomatica Augustae Gentis Habsburgicae. 2: Codicem Probationum Exhibens, Viennae Austriae : Ex Typographia Leopoldi Joannis Kaliwoda, 1737, CXC, p. 167, München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
2. ↑ Qualiter Sancta Fides Adquisivit Predium Quod In Alamannia Possidet, MGH SS 15,2, pp. 997-1000
3. ↑ Qualiter Sancta Fides Adquisivit Predium Quod In Alamannia Possidet, MGH SS 15,2, p. 1000