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.
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
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
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Wenceslaus IV was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death in 1419 and King of the Romans and King of Germany from 1376 until he was deposed in 1400. As he belonged to the House of Luxembourg, he was
Rupert, King of the Romans
…ecclesiastical prince-electors (of Mainz, Cologne and Trier) met at Lahneck Castle in Oberlahnstein on 20 August 1400 and declared their King of the Romans, Wenceslaus, deposed. On the next day the same four electors met at Rhens to ballot for Rupert as the next King of the Romans, thus the majority of the college…
Detail from the book of hours made for King Wenceslaus, 1400–1419
King Wenceslaus depicted in his Bible (the so-called Wenceslas Bible, late 14th century)