Rudolf IV. (Habsburg-Laufenburg)

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Rudolf IV. Von Habsburg-Laufenburg (* around 1322, † in spring 1383 ) was Count von Habsburg-Laufenburg , Landgrave in Sisgau and Klettgau and Landvogt in Swabia and Upper Alsace. 1373 also governor in Tyrol . His only son and heir was Johann IV von Habsburg-Laufenburg .

Life

Rudolf IV. Was a son of Count Johann I von Habsburg-Laufenburg and his wife Agnes von Werd . He was married to Elisabeth Gonzaga (1354-1384), the daughter of Filippino Gonzaga († 1356), the younger brother of Guido , Count of Mantua , and Anna di Dovara. Rudolf's niece Verena, the daughter of his brother Johann II , became the second wife of his father-in-law Filippino Gonzaga.

With his brother Johann II. He was mentioned as a condottiere in Italy around 1353/54 , where he served as a mercenary leader. Friday before Urbani 1373 he was named as captain in Tyrol . In 1376 he and his son Johann IV took part in the Evil Carnival , the suppression of a riot in Basel. What is meant is participation in the knight tournament traditionally organized by Habsburg for carnival, in which the nobles were provoked and then attacked and chased away. One of the riots apparently did not take place or took place later in the form of a decree .

Trivia

To treat his (probably age-related) impotence, he had Heinrich von Sachsen, the clergyman and then renowned Strasbourg doctor, perform a therapy by attaching a weight of about 25 kilograms to his limb in 1378, but without success.

See also

literature

  • Fridolin Jehle , History of the City of Laufenburg , Volume 1: The Common City, 1979.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jehle 1979: p. 29.
  2. ^ Wolfgang Wegner: Heinrich of Saxony. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 564.
  3. ^ Gundolf Keil: Heinrich von Sachsen. In: Burghart Wachinger et al. (Hrsg.): The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author Lexicon . 2nd, completely revised edition, ISBN 3-11-022248-5 , Volume 3: Gert van der Schüren - Hildegard von Bingen. Berlin / New York 1981, Sp. 876-878; here: Col. 876 f.
predecessor Office successor
Johann I. Landgrave in Klettgau
1337 - 1383
(with Johann II. Until 1353) 		Johann IV.
personal data
SURNAME Rudolf IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rudolph IV.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Habsburg-Laufenburg, landgrave in Sisgau and Klettgau, also in Tyrol in 1373, governor in Swabia and Upper Alsace
DATE OF BIRTH around 1322
DATE OF DEATH 1383