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France. The Electoral Palatinate ( German: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate ( Pfalz ), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate ( Kurfürstentum Pfalz ), was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire. [1] The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine of Lotharingia in 915; it was then restructured under the Counts ...
He was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1390–1398. He was the elder son of Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Countess Irmengard of Oettingen. On 13 February 1338 the Palatinate was divided between Rupert II and his uncle Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria. [citation needed] After the death of his other uncle ...
Rupert III (German: Ruprecht III.) (5 May 1352 - 18 May 1410) was the King of Germany from 1400 until 1410, and the Elector Palatine from 1398 until 1410. Rupert was born in Amberg in 1352 as the only surviving son of Rupert II. From a young age he was active in the government in the Palatinate. In 1374 he married Elizabeth of Nuremberg, daughter of Burgrave Frederick V. In 1398 he succeeded ...
Rupert I the Red (German: Rupert I. der Rote) (9 June 1309 - 16 February 1390) was the Elector Palatine from 1353 until 1390. Rupert was born in Wolfratshausen in 1309 as the youngest son of the Elector Palatine Rudolph I. After the death of his brother Rudolph II, Rupert succeeded him as the sole Elector Palatine. In 1356 the Golden Bull confirmed the right of the Electors Palatine to ...
Rupert II (German: Ruprecht II.) (12 May 1325 - 6 January 1398) was the Elector Palatine from 1390 until 1398. Rupert was born in Amberg in 1325 as the eldest son of the Elector Palatine Adolph. After the death of his father, his uncles Rudolph II and Rupert I took up the claims of their branch of the House of Wittelsbach against King Louis IV. In 1338 his uncles began performing as co ...
Rupert II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (German: Ruprecht II., der Harte (der Ernste)) (12 May 1325, Amberg – 6 January 1398, Amberg). Read more on Wikipedia Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rupert II, Elector Palatine has received more than 76,327 page views.
