Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria

Rudolf I of the Palatinate ( born October 4, 1274 Basel, † August 12, 1319 ), called the Stammerer, was from 1294 to 1317 Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine.

Life

Rudolph's father was Duke Ludwig II of Bavaria, his mother, his third wife Matilda of Habsburg, the daughter of the Roman king Rudolph of Habsburg and Gertrude of Hohenberg Erbgräfin.

Rudolf was involved in the conflicts within the House of Wittelsbach. Early on, he was in dispute with his brother, the future Emperor Louis IV at the Battle of Göllheim Rudolf fought on the losing side of his father Adolf of Nassau. In the election of his uncle Rudolf Albrecht belonged to the Rhenish electors for rejecting minority. With a siege of Heidelberg 1301 Rudolf Albrecht defeated, whereupon the rest of the opposition against the king broke down.

1310 took part in the Italian campaign Rudolf Henry VII, but broke it off early. In 1314 he was again in battle with his brother Ludwig and supported in the same year even Frederick the Handsome, as Habsburg an opponent of the House of Wittelsbach. Soon after, Louis IV was but in the Palatinate and Bavaria in the military offensive.

1317 Rudolf was after a series of defeats in his hopeless situation has become all claims to power on. 1329 Ludwig was in the house Treaty of Pavia the Palatinate the descendants of Rudolph back. Thus the dynasty of Wittelsbach is divided into an older and a younger Bavarian Palatinate line. The latter died in 1777 from the male line and was succeeded by the descendants of Rudolph.

Marriage and descendants

Count Palatine and Duke Rudolf I married on September 1, 1294 in Nuremberg, the Princess Matilda ( 1280-1323 ), daughter of King Adolf of Nassau and his wife Countess Imagina of Isenburg - Limburg. The marriage produced six children:

  • Louis, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate (1297-1312);
  • Adolf (1300-1327) ∞ 1320 Countess Irmengard von Oettingen († 1389 as a nun in the monastery at Worms Liebenau );
  • Rudolf II (1306-1353)
  • Ruprecht I (1309-1390)
  • Mechthild (1312-1375) ∞ 1331 Count Johann III. of Sponheim († 1399 );
  • Anna ( 1318-1319 ).
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