!!!Rudolf I

Rudolf I, b. Limburg castle (Breisgau, Germany), May 1, 1218, 
d. Speyer (Germany), July 15, 1291, Count of Habsburg, from 1273 
German king, his election ended the interregnum. Demanded of  
Otakar II Přemysl the return of the Austrian Laender 
(territories) and defeated him on August 26, 1278 on the Marchfeld. to 
make his dynasty more powerful he enfeoffed his sons  Albrecht I 
and  Rudolf II with Austria and Styria on Dec. 27, 1282, thus 
creating the basis for the rule of the  Habsburgs in Austria. His 
coronation as emperor, although planned, ultimately did not take 
place.

!Literature
O. Redlich, R. v. Habsburg, 1903; J. Franzl, R. Der erste 
Habsburger auf dem deutschen Thron, 1986; E. Boshof and F. R. 
Erkens (eds.), R. v. Habsburg, 1993.



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