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Rupert II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (German: Ruprecht II., der Harte (der Ernste)) (12 May 1325, Amberg – 6 January 1398, Amberg). He was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1390–1398.
After the death of his other uncle, the Elector Rupert I (who had succeeded Rudolf II), on 16 February 1390 he was proclaimed Elector Palatine with the consent of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans. In 1391 he banished Jews and prostitutes from the Palatinate, confiscated their property, and bequeathed it to the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg.
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Rupert II, Elector Palatine. Mother. Beatrice of Aragon. Rupert of the Palatinate ( German: Ruprecht von der Pfalz; 5 May 1352 – 18 May 1410), sometimes known as Robert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 (as Rupert III) and King of Germany from 1400 until his death.
- 21 August 1400 – 18 May 1410
- Beatrice of Aragon
Apr 27, 2022 · Rupert II of the Rhine (German: Ruprecht II., der Harte (der Ernste)) (12 May 1325, Amberg – 6 January 1398, Amberg). 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 von Öttingen.
- Amberg, Pfalz-Neuburg
- May 12, 1325
- "Rupert"
- Amberg, Pfalz-Neuburg, Deutschland (HRR)
Mother. Mechtild of Nassau. Rupert I "the Red", Elector Palatine ( German: Ruprecht der Rote; 9 June 1309, Wolfratshausen – 16 February 1390, Neustadt an der Weinstraße) was Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1353 to 1356, and Elector Palatine from 10 January 1356 to 16 February 1390.
- 10 January 1356 – 16 February 1390
- Mechtild of Nassau
Of Bavaria; house of Wittelsbach, son of Rupert II and Beatrix of Sicily (qq.v.); Elector Palatine from 1389, Emperor of Germany from 1400; married Elizabeth of Nuremberg (q.v.), by whom he had six sons, of whom the third, his successor Ludwig III (q.v.), succeeded him in the Palatinate alone, the fourth, John, succeeded in Neumarck, the fifth ...
Rupert II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (12 May 1325, Amberg - 6 January 1398, Amberg). He was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1390–1398. Life. Rupert was the elder son of Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Countess Irmengard of Oettingen.
