Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Bishop of Freising)
Rup (p ) to the right of the Palatinate (also Ruprecht the virtuous; born May 14, 1481 Heidelberg, † August 20 1504 in Landshut ), came from the Palatinate line of the Wittelsbach. His parents were Philip the righteous, Elector Palatine and Margaret of Bavaria -Landshut.
Ruprecht, who was born in Heidelberg, grew up in the Palatinate as one of 14 siblings - including eight brothers - on and his father looked for him a church in front in order to provide him befitting can. So Philip made sure that Ruprecht 1491 with nine years was a canon in Würzburg and has been appointed at age 10 on February 1, 1492 Coadjutor Bishop of Freising, and shortly thereafter got a Domkapitelstelle in Freising. This has not been confirmed by the Pope Innocent VIII, but had no consequences. In 1493 he was provost at St. Maria ad Gradus in Mainz. As the Freising bishopric by the death of Bishop Sixtus of Tannberg 1495 was free, hit his son Philip as bishop.
On August 1, 1495 the cathedral chapter had the choice between a candidate of the Duchy of Bavaria - Munich and Ruprecht, who was supported by Duke George the Rich and his father. The choice fell unanimously on Ruprecht and Pope Alexander VI. not refused his consent and appointed the fifteen year old on February 8, 1496 as administrator of the church in Freising. Ruprecht officially took over as Fürstelekt the management of the Bishopric, without having previously obtained an ecclesiastical consecration, as he was still too young.
1496 changed Duke George the Rich his will in favor of his daughter Elisabeth, which did not meet the Wittelsbach house contracts and so he withdrew the opposition of his cousin Duke Albrecht of Bavaria- Munich and the most imperial princes. In order to strengthen the position of Elizabeth, he sought a husband for her.
Ruprecht, the Bishop role did not seem desirable, was provided as a bridegroom of Duke George for his daughter. On January 19, 1498 Ruprecht said to want to withdraw the cathedral chapter as Fürstelekt and on December 3, 1498 agreed to Pope Alexander VI. one. The succession in Freising was simultaneously controlled so that his brother Philip could take office.
On February 10, 1499 married Elizabeth Ruprecht of Lower Bavaria. From this marriage sprang the twins George and Ruprecht ( November 1500 - August 1504 ), Otto Heinrich (April 10, 1502 - February 12, 1559 ) and Philip ( November 12, 1503 - July 4, 1548 ). Since Duke George still could not be sure that Elizabeth would retain their heritage, he appointed in the autumn of 1503 Ruprecht to his governor and gave him the important castles of Landshut and Burghausen. George died on 1 December 1503 and promptly his will was not recognized. Albrecht called for a his inheritance, but Ruprecht refused it.
On 5 February, there was a meeting of the Imperial Chamber Court in Augsburg, where King Maximilian the imperial ban on Ruprecht explained and Albrecht enfeoffed with the Lower Bavarian duchy. Ruprecht not bent and so it came to the Landshut War of Succession. On June 13, it seemed to Landshut for the first major engagement between the troops of Albert and Ruprecht. Albrecht won the battle and Ruprecht had to retreat into the city, where he died on August 20 at the Ruhr. His first two sons George and Ruprecht died shortly before him from the disease; as his wife on September 15, 1504. Ruprecht, his wife and the twins were buried in the Cistercian convent Seligenthal in Landshut.
The Landshut War of Succession was lost to his family; For his surviving children Otto Heinrich Philipp and the Duchy of Pfalz- Neuburg was created.