Search results
Rudolf IV (1 November 1339 – 27 July 1365), also called Rudolf the Founder (German: der Stifter), was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria (self-proclaimed archduke), Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as count of Tyrol from 1363 and as the first duke of Carniola from 1364 until his death.
Austria. In Austria: Accession of the Habsburgs. Throughout his short reign (1358–65), Rudolf IV showed himself extremely energetic and ambitious. He started to rebuild St. Stephen’s Cathedral in the Gothic style, and he founded the University of Vienna (1365).
Unlike Duke Albrecht, who had made it his business to achieve compromises with his powerful neighbours, Rudolf was intent upon increasing both his own power that of the house of Habsburg generally. Even at the age of fourteen Rudolf is said to have behaved ‘like the King of the Romans’.
Habsburg Emperor. Rudolf IV, ‘the Founder’. Duke of Austria and Styria, Carinthia and Carniola (reigned 1358–1365); from 1365 also Count of Tyrol. Born in Vienna on 1 November 1339. Died in Milan on 27 July 1365. Duke Rudolf IV was the most influential Habsburg of the fourteenth century.
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sisi). He was heir apparent to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from birth.
Rudolf IV, also called Rudolf the Founder, was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria, Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as count of Tyrol from 1363 and as the first duke of Carniola from 1364 until his death.
Rumours began to circulate to the effect that Albrecht, whose mobility was severely limited by a degenerative joint disease, was not capable of siring children and could thus not have been the child’s father. Duke Albrecht had these rumours condemned as falsehoods from the church pulpits.
