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Rudolf IV (1 November 1339 – 27 July 1365), also called Rudolf the Founder ( German: der Stifter ), was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria (self-proclaimed archduke ), Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as count of Tyrol from 1363 and as the first duke of Carniola from 1364 until his death.
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Rudolf IV, ‘the Founder’. Duke of Austria and Styria, Carinthia and Carniola (reigned 1358–1365); from 1365 also Count of Tyrol. Born in Vienna on 1 November 1339. Died in Milan on 27 July 1365. Duke Rudolf IV was the most influential Habsburg of the fourteenth century.
Rudolf IV , also called Rudolf the Founder , was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria , Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as count of Tyrol from 1363 and as the first duke of Carniola from 1364 until his death.
Duke Rudolf IV died in his twenty-sixth year and was laid to rest in St Stephen’s Cathedral. Stephan Gruber. Hageneder, Othmar: Rudolf IV., Hzg. v. Österreich, in: Lexikon des Mittelalters, 10 Bände, Stuttgart 1977–1999, Band 7, Sp. 1079. Niederstätter, Alois: Die Herrschaft Österreich. Fürst und Land im Spätmittelalter.
In Austria: Accession of the Habsburgs. Throughout his short reign (1358–65), Rudolf IV showed himself extremely energetic and ambitious. He started to rebuild St. Stephen’s Cathedral in the Gothic style, and he founded the University of Vienna (1365).
Rudolf IV and the ambitions of the dynasty. Rudolf’s birth was celebrated almost as a miracle. His parents, Duke Albrecht II and Joan of Ferrette, were relieved of a huge worry: after fifteen years of childless marriage a healthy baby boy had finally been born.
