[1] However, the sources that identify Werner with this Habsburg lineage are apocryphal, and therefore his connection to the family has been questioned.
He further received privileges to hunt, procure lumber, and exercise other rights in certain undeveloped lands (known as a Wildbann) in Alsace in 1017.
Often found in the emperor's entourage, Werner fought for him against King Rudolf III of Burgundy around 1020.
Later he was a supporter of Emperor Conrad II and accompanied him to his imperial coronation in Rome in 1027, then as a marriage broker envoy to Constantinople.
[2]He may have had a part in the foundation of the Muri Monastery (though the source for this connection is potentially untrustworthy) and appears to have contributed to the rebuilding and expansion of the Strasbourg cathedral.