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Rudolf of Rheinfelden ( c. 1025 – 15 October 1080) was Duke of Swabia from 1057 to 1079. Initially a follower of his brother-in-law, the Salian emperor Henry IV, his election as German anti-king in 1077 marked the outbreak of the Great Saxon Revolt and the first phase of open conflict in the Investiture Controversy between Emperor and Papacy.
Jun 21, 2024 · Rudolf of Rheinfelden (German: Rudolf von Rheinfelden; c. 1025 – 15 October 1080) was Duke of Swabia (1057–1079) and German antiking (1077–1080). He was the son of Count Kuno of Rheinfelden and eventually became the alternative king or antiking for the politically oriented anti-Henry German aristocrats, whose rebellion became known as the ...
May 9, 2023 · Biography. Rudolf von Rheinfelden was born in the 1020's. He was Herzog von Schwaben from 1057 until 1077, the reason he is also known as Rudolf von Schwaben. After his brother-in-law king Heinrich IV was excommunicated by the pope Rudolf was elected king in 1077.
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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.
Rudolf (died Oct. 15, 1080, Merseburg [Germany]) was a German anti-king, opponent of Henry IV. Rudolf was granted the duchy of Swabia in 1057 by the dowager empress Agnes of Poitou, regent for her infant son Henry IV.
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Rudolf of Rheinfelden (c. 1025 – 15 October 1080) was Duke of Swabia from 1057 to 1079. Initially a follower of his brother-in-law, the Salian emperor Henry IV, his election as German anti-king in 1077 marked the outbreak of the Great Saxon Revolt and the first phase of open conflict in the Investiture Controversy between Emperor and Papacy.
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The duke of Swabia, related to the Salian dynasty, opposed Emperor Henry IV since the early 1070s, for uncertain reasons, and eventually was elected king by German opposition ... From: Rudolf of Rheinfelden , anti-king in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages ».
