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Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608).
Jul 14, 2024 · Rudolf II was the Holy Roman emperor from 1576 to 1612. His ill health and unpopularity prevented him from restraining the religious dissensions that eventually led to the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48).
May 14, 2018 · Rudolf II (1552–1612) Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612). Son and successor of Emperor Maximilian II, he moved the imperial capital to Prague, which became a brilliant centre of the Renaissance. His opposition to Protestantism caused conflict in Bohemia and Hungary.
Rudolf II (born c. 880–885—died July 11 or 13, 937) was the king of Burgundy (912–937) who ruled Italy for nearly four years (923–926) during the chaotic period at the end of the Carolingian era.
In 1572 Rudolf became king of Hungary. By 1576 he was also ruler of Bohemia, Austria, and the Holy Roman Empire. Rudolf moved the imperial capital from Vienna to Prague, which became a center of Renaissance culture.
Rudolf II. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1576–1612) and ruler over parts of the Habsburg Monarchy (Hungary 1572–1608; the Bohemian Lands 1575/76–1608 and 1611; the Archduchy of Austria 1575/76–1608) Born in Vienna on 18 July 1552. Died in Prague on 20 January 1612.
Described by a noted contemporary as “the greatest art patron in the world,” Rudolf II Habsburg (1552–1612), king of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor, raised court patronage in post-Renaissance Europe to a new level of breadth and extravagance.
(1552–1612), Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia. The eldest surviving son of Emperor Maximilian II (r. 1564–1576), Rudolf received much of his education in Spain at the court ...
Rudolf II (1552 - 1612) became Holy Roman Emperor in 1576. His court at Prague was an important centre for scientific studies and the arts. He also took an interest in alchemy and the occult. The artistic style particularly associated with his court is Mannerism.
Jan 19, 2023 · Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552-1612). Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo. Few had seen the Habsburg king in years. But, in the early 1600s, a stream of letters issued from Prague Castle, where the reclusive Rudolf II had sequestered himself from the city below.
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