Biography of Rudolph I King Romans 1218-1291

Paternal Family Tree: Habsburg

On 1st May 1218 Rudolph I King Romans was born.

Around 1240 Rudolph I King Romans (age 21) was appointed Count Habsburg.

In 1245 Rudolph I King Romans (age 26) and Gertrude Hohenburg (age 20) were married.

Around 1253 [his daughter] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 34) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 28).

In July 1255 [his son] Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 37) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 30).

In 1256 [his daughter] Catherine Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 37) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 31).

Around 1257 [his daughter] Agnes aka Gertrude Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 38) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 32).

Around 1259 [his daughter] Hedwig Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 40) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 34).

Around 1262 [his daughter] Clementia Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 43) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 37).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1263 [his son] Hartmann Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 44) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 38).

In 1270 [his son] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 51) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 45).

On 13th March 1271 [his daughter] Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 52) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 46).

On 29th September 1273 Rudolph I King Romans (age 55) was elected I King Romans.

On 24th October 1273 [his son-in-law] Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 44) and [his daughter] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans (age 55) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 48). He the son of Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria.

Before 19th October 1275 [his son] Samson Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 57) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 50).

On 14th February 1276 [his son] Charles Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans (age 57) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 51).

On 16th August 1276 [his son] Charles Habsburg died.

Night of St Gertrude

On 16th March 1278 William Jülich IV Count Jülich (age 68) and his son William Jülich (age 38) were killed. He and his two sons William and Roland (his natural son), had entered the town of Aachen to collect taxes for King Rudolph I of Germany (age 59). There was a riot and William and his sons were killed. The city of Aachen was later ordered to pay a high compensation to William's widow Richardis (age 63) as compensation for his murder.

                    Letters. 1279. Letter XVII. Eleanora Queen-Dowager of England (age 56) to her son Edward I (age 39).
                
                    Eleanora, by God's grace queen of England, to our dear son Edward, by the same grace king of England, health and our blessing.
                
                    Know, sweet son, that we have understood that a marriage is in agitation between the son of the King of Sicily (age 51) and the daughter of the King of Germany (age 60); and, if this alliance is made, we may well be disturbed in the right that we have to the fourth part of Provence, which thing would be great damage to us, and this damage would be both ours and yours. Where fore we pray and require you, that you will specially write to the aforesaid king, that since Provence is held from the empire, and his dignity demands that he should have right done to us about it, he will regard the right that we have, and cause us to hold it. Of this thing we especially require you, and we commend you to God.

In 1281 [his son-in-law] Charles Martel King Hungary (age 9) and [his daughter] Clementia Habsburg (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans (age 62) and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 56). He the son of Charles II King Naples (age 27) and Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples (age 24).

On 16th February 1281 [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg (age 56) died.

On 21st December 1281 [his son] Hartmann Habsburg (age 18) drowned.

On 4th April 1282 [his daughter] Catherine Habsburg (age 26) died.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1284 Rudolph I King Romans (age 65) and Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany were married. She the daughter of Hugh IV Duke Burgundy.

On 24th January 1285 [his son-in-law] King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (age 13) and [his daughter] Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland (age 13) were married. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans (age 66) and [his former wife] Gertrude Hohenburg. He the son of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna (age 40).

On 27th October 1286 [his daughter] Hedwig Habsburg (age 27) died.

In 1289 [his son] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria (age 19) and [his daughter-in-law] Agnes Přemyslid Duchess Austria (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna. He the son of Rudolph I King Romans (age 70) and [his former wife] Gertrude Hohenburg.

On 10th May 1290 [his son] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria (age 20) died at Prague.

On 15th July 1291 Rudolph I King Romans (age 73) died at Speyer. He was buried at Speyer Cathedral.

Biography of Rudolph I King Romans 1218-1291

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