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Rudolf I
Seal of Rudolf I inscribed: RUDOLFUS DEI GRACIA ROMANORUM REX SEMPER AUGUSTUS ("Rudolf by the grace of God King of the Romans, ever majestic")
King of Germany (formally King of the Romans)
Reign
1 October 1273 – 15 July 1291
Coronation
24 October 1273 Aachen Cathedral
Predecessor
(Richard of Cornwall) Interregnum
Successor
Adolf of Nassau
Born
1 May 1218 Limburgh Castle near Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl
Died
15 July 1291(1291-07-15) (aged 73) Speyer
Burial
Speyer Cathedral
Spouses
Gertrude of Hohenberg
Isabella of Burgundy
Issue more...
Matilda, Duchess of Bavaria
Albert I, King of Germany
Catherine, Duchess of Bavaria
Agnes, Duchess of Saxony
Hedwig, Margravine of Brandenburg
Clementia, Queen of Hungary
Rudolf II, Duke of Austria
Judith, Queen of Bohemia
House
Habsburg
Father
Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
Mother
Hedwig of Kyburg
Rudolf I (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was the first King of Germany from the House of Habsburg. The first of the count-kings of Germany, he reigned from 1273 until his death in 1291.
Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum which had begun after the death of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II in 1250. Originally a Swabian count, he was the first Habsburg to acquire the duchies of Austria and Styria in opposition to his mighty rival, the Přemyslid king Ottokar II of Bohemia, whom he defeated in the 1278 Battle on the Marchfeld. The territories remained under Habsburg rule for more than 600 years, forming the core of the Habsburg monarchy and the present-day country of Austria. Rudolf played a vital role in raising the comital House of Habsburg to the rank of Imperial princes.
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