Rudolf I of Germany
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Rudolf of Habsburg was a German nobleman and the first member of the House of Habsburg to become King of the Romans, reigning from 1273 until his death. Born into a relatively minor noble family, Rudo
Seal of Rudolf I inscribed: RUDOLFUS DEI GRACIA ROMANORUM REX SEMPER AUGUSTUS ("Rudolf by the grace of God King of the Romans, ever majestic")
Engraving of Rudolf I of Habsburg, c. 1640
Emperor Rudolf I in the Battle of Marchfeld, a 19th century depiction by Leopold Loeffler
Rudolph I of Austria
Adolf, King of the Romans
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Adolf was the count of Nassau from about 1276 and the elected king of Germany from 1292 until his deposition by the prince-electors in 1298. He was never crowned by the pope, which would have secured
Rudolf I of Germany
…inability to support two kings, but in reality, perhaps, wary of the increasing power of the House of Habsburg. Upon Rudolf's death they elected Count Adolf of Nassau. In 1286, Rudolf I instituted a new persecution of the Jews, declaring them servi camerae ("serfs of the treasury"), which had the effect of negating…
Small throne seal of King Adolf (1298)
Portrait by Arnold Montanus, 1662
Part of the image of King Adolf in the Frankfurt Hall of Kings
Deposition of Adolf and Election of Albert, illustration from the Chronicles of the Bishops of Würzburg