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Rudolf of Rheinfelden (c. 1025 – 15 October 1080) was Duke of Swabia from 1057 to 1079. Initially a follower of his brother-in-law, the Salian emperor Henry IV, his election as German anti-king in 1077 marked the outbreak of the Great Saxon Revolt and the first phase of open conflict in the Investiture Controversy between Emperor and Papacy.
A c. 1435 –1440 illuminated miniature of a Lady in a Tomb from "The Dawnce of Makabre" folios in the Additional manuscript 37049 (now in the British Library) shows the tiered (double or "two-body") [95] tomb of a fashionable English lady, with her shown in life above the slab, and as a decayed corpse within the tomb chest. The verse below the ...
The revolt was led by a group of opportunistic German princes who elected as their figurehead the duke of Swabia, Rudolf of Rheinfeld, who became the anti-king. Rudolf was a two-way brother-in-law [ a ] of the young King Henry IV of Germany , who had been crowned at the age of six and had taken the reins of power at age sixteen.
The Dukes of Swabia were the rulers of the Duchy of Swabia during the Middle Ages. Swabia was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany. The most notable family to rule Swabia was the Hohenstaufen family, who held it, with a brief interruption, from 1079 ...
The Duchy of Swabia (Middle High German: Herzogtuom Swaben; Latin: Ducatus Allemaniæ) was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German Kingdom. It arose in the 10th century in the southwestern area that had been settled by Alemanni tribes in Late Antiquity .
The fear of loss of power resulted in the great princes of the Empire lending their support actively or passively to the insurrection. For example, Rudolf of Swabia, Berthold of Carinthia and Welf IV dissociated themselves from the Emperor. [12]
Philip of Swabia; R. Rudolf I of Germany This page was last edited on 26 March 2021, at 09:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Henry struck Rudolf's army from the rear, but with ensuing snowstorm the attack became disorganized. [3] On one hand there are reports of the Saxons being attacked and driven off after duke Vratislaus II of Bohemia cut down the Saxon standard during the snowstorm. Consequently, Vratislaus was able to capture Rudolf's golden lance. [1]