Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611)...

scholars of Roman law from several countries. A bibliography of Jhering is provided by Tasia Walter. His main works include: Jhering, Rudolf von (1844). Abhandlungen...

granted Schwyz Reichsfreiheit in the Freibrief von Faenza. In 1242, Hugh of Tuffenstein provoked Count Rudolf through contumelious expressions.[clarification...

married Henry IV in 1066, Rudolf became brother-in-law to the king twice over. During Agnes' regency, the Princes of the Holy Roman Empire could further strengthen...

by his tutor Ferdinand von Hochstetter (who later became the first superintendent of the Imperial Natural History Museum), Rudolf became very interested...

Solemnis. Piano Sonata No. 26 - Les Adieux ("The Farewells") was gifted to Rudolf just before his flight from Vienna with the imperial family on the occasion...

Rudolf Freiherr von Roman (19 November 1893 – 18 February 1970) was a German general (General of the Artillery) who commanded several corps during World...

Heinrich Rudolf Hermann Friedrich von Gneist (13 August 1816 – 22 July 1895) was a German jurist and politician. Born in Berlin, he was the son of a judge...

Major-General Rudolf Anton Carl Freiherr von Slatin, Geh. Rat, GCVO KCMG CB (7 June 1857, in Ober Sankt Veit, Hietzing, Vienna – 4 October 1932, in Vienna)...

Marquard Rudolf Reichsritter von Rodt zu Bußmannshausen, or Roth (9 April 1644, Konstanz, Holy Roman Empire – 10 July or 6 October 1704, Hegne) was, from...

Rudolf von Tiefenbach (26 November 1582 - 4 March 1653) was a German military commander who served the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War...

Otto Friedrich Rudolf von Tavel (21 December 1866 – 18 October 1934 in Bern) was a Swiss journalist and writer. Many of his novels were written in Bernese...

Thuringia. The previous King Rudolf's son Albert I of Germany was elected and the Interregnum finally ended. The rulers of the Holy Roman Empire were crowned in...

Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (27 or 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant...

1607 by Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor. Members of the family were granted other noble titles and privileges in 1636 by Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor...

Rudolf II von Scherenberg (c. 1401 – 1495) was Bishop of Würzburg from 1466 until his death 30 years later. His longevity (about 94) and long reign were...

Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; German: [hœs]; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer and the commandant of the...

fourth son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and of Maria of Spain. His brothers were Rudolf (who became Emperor Rudolf II), Ernest, Maximilian (from 1585...

Rudolf III von Montfort (born between 1260 and 1275; died 27 or 28 March 1334 in Arbon) was bishop of Chur (1322–1325) and Konstanz (1322–1334). He was...

Rudolf Ritter von Scherer (11 August 1845, Graz – 21 December 1918, Vienna) was an Austrian religious law professor. Rudolf von Scherer was the son of...

Rudolf von Güttingen (died 9 September 1226 in Rome) was Abbot of Saint Gall from 1220 and Bishop of Chur from 1224 until his death. He is documented for...

Duke of Upper Bavaria from 1294 to 1301 together with his elder brother Rudolf I, was Margrave of Brandenburg until 1323, and Count Palatine of the Rhine...

Rudolf, Freiherr von Buol-Berenberg (24 May 1842 – 4 July 1902) was a German lawyer and politician of the Centre Party who served as President of the Reichstag...

Vermeyen as the personal crown of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, and therefore is also known as the Crown of Emperor Rudolf II (German: Rudolfskrone). The crown...

were Agostino Barelli, Dominique Girard, François de Cuvilliés, Leo von Klenze, Roman Anton Boos, Friedrich Ludwig Sckell, Joseph Effner, Konrad Eberhard...

The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Latin: Imperator Romanorum, German: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages...

knights. In 1701, Melchior's son, Rudolf Franz (1677–1754), married Eleonore von Hatzfeld, widow of the Count von Dernbach, who had left her the Herrschaft...

Emperor Rudolf II who resided in Prague. Von Aachen did not need to reside at the court in Prague as his appointment was as a 'Kammermaler von Haus aus'...

called John of Swabia (Johann von Schwaben), (ca. 1290 – 13 December 1312/13) was the son of the Habsburg duke Rudolf II of Austria and Agnes, daughter...

1754 by Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. Since 1657 the family's seat has been Molsberg Castle in Westerwaldkreis. Wilderich von Walderdorff (1617–1680)...