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- Rudolf II "the blind" (8 August 1306 – 4 October 1353) was Count Palatine of the Rhine (see Palatinate) from 1329 to 1353. He was born in Wolfratshausen, the son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, and Mechtild of Nassau, daughter of King Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. His uncle was Emperor Louis IV.
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Rudolf II "the blind" (8 August 1306 – 4 October 1353) was Count Palatine of the Rhine (see Palatinate) from 1329 to 1353. He was born in Wolfratshausen, the son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, and Mechtild of Nassau, daughter of King Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. His uncle was Emperor Louis IV. [1]
- 1329–1353
- Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria
- 8 August 1306, Wolfratshausen
- Mechtild of Nassau
This article lists counts palatine of Lotharingia, counts palatine of the Rhine, and electors of the Palatinate ( German: Kurfürst von der Pfalz ), the titles of three counts palatine who ruled some part of the Rhine region in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire between 915 to 1803.
A palatine count (Pfalzgraf) was originally an office in the Frankish kingdom and later the Holy Roman Empire, which administered the royal palaces. The palatine count of Lorraine in Aachen was 1093 granted a fief at the middle Rhine, which would evolve into one of Germany's most prominent principalities with the status of an electorate.
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Counts Palatine of the Rhine. In 1085, after the death of Herman II, the County Palatine of Lotharingia lost its military importance in Lorraine. The territorial authority of the Count Palatine was reduced to his territories along the Rhine. Consequently, he is called the Count Palatine of the Rhine after 1085.
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Rudolf II "the Blind", Count Palatine of the Rhine (8 August 1306-4 October 1353) was Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1329 to 1353, succeeding Ludwig and preceding Rupert I. Rudolf von Wittelsbach was born in Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire on 8 August 1306, the son of Duke Rudolf I...
