Rudolf I of Bohemia
1281 – 1307 · Generation III · Duke of Austria (r. 1298–1307) · Counts & Dukes of Austria
Rudolf (1281 – 1307). Duke of Austria (r. 1298–1307). Married Blanche in 1300. Married Elizabeth Richeza in 1306. Eldest son of Albert I; also King of Bohemia and Poland 1306–1307. Vested with the Austrian hereditary lands at sixteen after his father's election as German king, he governed as regent for his younger brothers Frederick and Leopold under the Treaty of Rheinfelden. His French marriage, arranged as royal diplomacy, ended in grief — both children of the union died in infancy, and Blanche herself was gone by 1305. He rode with his father on the 1304 expedition against Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, the kingdom whose crown he himself would briefly wear; his Polish kingship remained titular.
One of 19 people of Counts & Dukes of Austria (1218–1496) in this archive. The counts who became dukes of Austria, before a Habsburg wore an imperial crown.
Line of descent: Rudolf I of Germany → Albert I of Germany → Rudolf I of Bohemia.
Parents
- Albert I of Germany (1255 – 1308)
- Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol (1262 – 1312)
Siblings
- Frederick the Fair (1289 – 1330)
- Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290 – 1326)
- Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298 – 1358)
- Otto, Duke of Austria (1301 – 1339)
Partners
- Married Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria (1278 – 1305) in 1300
- Married Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1288 – 1335) in 1306
Life
- 1281 — Born
- 1300 — Married Blanche
- 1306 — Married Elizabeth Richeza
- 1307 — Died