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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.
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 ...
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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.
Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. Rudolph II (Rudolf II.) 1576–1612 Son of Maximilian I. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. Matthias II (Matyáš II.) 1612–1615 Brother of Rudolph II. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. Ferdinand II: 1615–1619,1620-1637 Cousin of Matthias. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman ...
King Charles also has two stepchildren, the children of Queen Consort Camilla Parker-Bowles. When Charles and Camilla married in 2005, their blended family became part of royal history.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: Martin Luther King III, wife Arndrea Waters King, and daughter Yolanda Renee King arrive to a vigil at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on April 4, 2022 in Washington ...