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  2. Rudolf of Rheinfelden - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Tomb effigy - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Saxon revolt of 1077–1088 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Duke of Swabia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Duchy of Swabia - Wikipedia

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    Count Rudolf of Habsburg, elected King of the Romans in 1273, attempted to revive the Swabian ducal title, bestowing it on his youngest son, the later Duke Rudolf II of Austria, who passed it to his son John Parricida. John died without an heir, in 1312 or 1313, marking the end of the "revived" title.

  7. Category:Burials at Speyer Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Hohenstaufen Castle - Wikipedia

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    The hill castle was built in the 11th century, on a conical hill between the Rems and Fils rivers (both tributaries of the Neckar) in what was then the Duchy of Swabia. It was the seat of the Staufer (Hohenstaufen) dynasty, the Dukes of Swabia for the period of 1079–1268, with three Holy Roman Emperors during 1155–1250.

  9. Count of Hohenberg - Wikipedia

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    During the 13th century, the Hohenberg dynasty was one of the most prominent lineages in southwestern Germany. In 1381, however, Rudolf III, Count of Hohenberg, who was highly indebted and had no male successor, sold the core of the county to the House of Habsburg. About 100 years later, the last sideline died out.