Rudolf II. Rühle

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Rudolf II. Rühle (* around 1320 in Friedberg (Hesse) ; † 1367 ) was Bishop of Verden for one year . In contemporary sources he usually comes across as Rudolf Rule and signed Charles IV's rulership deeds in his function as royal or imperial notary . As a rule, this was done with reference to Friedberg's origin in the following form: per dominum regem Rudolfus Rule de Frideberg .

Origin and education

Rudolf II. Was born the son of the patrician Johann Rühl zu Friedberg in the Wetterau . This was part of the highest management circles of that imperial city and can be proven several times in important offices and functions. Close ties and marriages existed between the patrician families of Friedberg and Frankfurt. Rudolf's sister married a member of the Frankfurt patrician family Frosch, whose most famous member is Wicker Frosch . The Schwarzenberg families and zum Paradies, which are much more famous and significant for Frankfurt's late medieval history, also originally come from Friedberg.

He received his education in Friedberg and in the Arnsburg monastery . In 1340 he can be traced back to the University of Bologna accompanied by the sons of a Count von Sponheim . He then possibly studied at the University of Paris .

career

From 1349 he was notary to the Archbishop of Trier, Baldwin of Luxembourg . Here he was trained by the notary and registrar Rudolf Losse . After the archbishop's death, Rudolf von Friedberg moved to the chancellery of Emperor Karl IV , accompanied the emperor on his journey to Rome in 1355 and was active at the Reichstag in Nuremberg in 1355, where most of the golden bull was written. It is possible that he joined the king's chancellery in the direct run-up to the move to Rome, also because of the experience of Italy during his student days and the learned education that was evidenced by studying law in Bologna. At that time there were several confidants and close advisors in the immediate vicinity of Charles IV who had the appropriate qualifications. This also explains why Rudolf von Friedberg was quickly entrusted with demanding and extremely difficult diplomatic missions right after he joined the royal chancellery. The first of these royal orders led him immediately after his arrival in the entourage of Charles IV in Padua over the Alps back to the northern Alpine imperial territory, where he was responsible, together with another notary, for collecting imperial city assistance. For his numerous services he received a provost's office in Wetzlar before 1360, and before that he had received numerous benefices through interventions by the head of the empire and his wife. The high point of his ascent in royal service was finally to be the elevation to the position of Bishop of Verden in 1365, also managed by Charles' support. But Rudolf von Friedberg was never to become politically active in his diocese. He died on July 3, 1367, after he had made his will in Prague a few days earlier (June 29), which shows him in possession of not insignificant possessions and numerous goods, most of which were in his hometown and only from had been purchased from him. He maintained close relationships with the Frankfurt patrician Siegfried zum Paradies . He is believed by several historians to be the author of the golden bull, without any weak reasons other than those in the foregoing to speak for it. According to his own wishes, he was buried in the Arnsburg monastery, which he gave richly.

literature

predecessor Office successor
Gerhard von Berg Bishop of Verden
1365-1367 		Heinrich II of Langeln
personal data
SURNAME Rudolf II. Rühle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rudolf von Friedeberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Verden
DATE OF BIRTH around 1320
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedberg (Hesse)
DATE OF DEATH 1367