Lahneck Castle
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Lahneck Castle is a medieval fortress located in the city of Lahnstein in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, south of Koblenz. The 13th-century castle stands on a steep rock salient above the confluence o
Lahneck Castle
The castle in 1905, shown looming over the city of Lahnstein
Rupert, King of the Romans
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Rupert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 and King of the Romans from 1400 until his death.
Lahneck Castle
…Prince Elector of Mainz, Burgrave Frederick of Nuremberg hosted many of the delegates sent by the cities at the castle. In Athens, the following day, Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, was elected the new "King of the Romans". In 1475, the Archbishop of Mainz, Theodoric of Isenburg-Büdingen, had the castle…
Contemporary painting in the collegiate church of Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Rupert and his wife Elisabeth of Nuremberg, detail from their tomb in the Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg