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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.
Aug 1, 2021 · The last German prisoner of war in Allied captivity, former Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess, was condemned to spend much of his life in solitary confinement and was denied any communications with the outside world in Spandau Prison in the British-controlled sector of West Berlin until his death, on Aug. 17, 1987 at the age of 93.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Title / Office: king (1273-1291), Germany. House / Dynasty: House of Habsburg. Rudolf I (born May 1, 1218, Limburg-im-Breisgau [Germany]—died July 15, 1291, Speyer) was the first German king of the Habsburg dynasty. A son of Albert IV, Count of Habsburg, Rudolf on the occasion of his father’s death ( c. 1239) inherited lands in upper Alsace ...
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The election of Rudolf of Habsburg as Roman-German King took place at the close of a period that is often described as the Great Interregnum. The year 1250 had seen the death of the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II, who is regarded as one of the most important rulers of the later medieval period.
