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Archduke Rudolf, aged 15, painted by Alonso Sánchez Coello. Rudolf was born in Vienna on 18 July 1552. [2] He was the eldest son and successor of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, and King of Hungary and Croatia; his mother was the Spanish Princess Maria, a daughter of Charles V [2] and Isabella of Portugal.
Rudolf was born at Schloss Laxenburg, [2] a castle near Vienna, as the son of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth. He was named after the first Habsburg King of Germany, Rudolf I, who reigned from 1273 to 1291. [3] Rudolf was raised together with his older sister Gisela and the two were very close.
Maximilian I, king of Hungary 1563–1576; Rudolf I, king of Hungary 1572–1608; Matthias II, king of Hungary 1608–1619; Ferdinand II, king of Hungary 1618–1637; Ferdinand III, king of Hungary 1625–1657; Ferdinand IV, king of Hungary 1647–1654; Leopold I, king of Hungary 1655–1705; Joseph I, king of Hungary 1687–1711
King John I died in 1540, the Habsburg forces besieged Buda the Hungarian capital in 1541, Sultan Suleiman led a relief force and defeated the Habsburgs, the Ottomans captured the city by a trick during the Siege of Buda and the south central and central areas of the kingdom came under the authority of the Ottoman Empire, therefore Hungary was ...
Rudolf of Habsburg may refer to: Rudolf I of Germany (1218–1291), King of the Romans; Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg (d. 1232) Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270–1290) Rudolf I of Bohemia (1281–1307), Duke of Austria and Styria and King of Bohemia; Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339–1365)
King Charles III's Life in Photos Getty Images On September 8, 2022, after 70 years as heir to the throne, the man formerly known as Prince Charles officially became king following the death of ...
Rudolf, who was married to Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, was the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth, and was heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Rudolf's mistress was the daughter of Albin von Vetsera, a diplomat at the Austrian court. Albin had been created a Freiherr in 1870.
Trump has 5 children, many of whom played roles in his political life. Here's a look at their rise. Over the past two decades, there was arguably no prominent American family that changed more ...