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2 unusual facts about King of Germany


Adolph I

Adolf, King of Germany (c. 1255 – 1298), King of Germany from 1292 until 1298

Buonaccorso Pitti

In 1401, while serving as the Florentine ambassador to Bavaria, he, his brothers, and their descendents were ennobled by Rupert, King of Germany, after having saved his life by thwarting a poisoning attempt by the Duke of Milan.


Archchancellor

At the court of Otto I, then King of Germany, the title seems to have been an appanage of the Archbishop of Mainz.

Folquet de Lunel

Al bon rey q'es reys de pretz car was usually dated to 1269, but is more likely to have been written later, between February 1271, when Pope Gregory X arrived in Rome, and September 1273, when Rudolf of Habsburg was elected King of Germany, since the sirventes mentions a pope (there had been a vacancy since 1268) and does not mention Rudolf's claim to the Empire.

Herman III, Duke of Swabia

Since he was a minor, Hermann's reign as duke was effectively controlled by his cousin, the King of Germany, Henry II, who was his guardian.

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany

On 11 May 1315, Isabella married Frederick I of Austria, King of Germany in Ravensburg.

Stahleck Castle

However, although the castle was no longer the administrative centre of the Palatinate, important gatherings of the nobility continued to take place there into the 15th century, including the election of Ludwig IV as King of Germany in May 1314 and the wedding of Emperor Charles IV and Anna, only daughter of Rudolf II, Count Palatine, on 4 March 1349.


see also

Friedrich of Germany

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122–1190), or Frederick I Barbarossa, king of Germany

Henry the Fowler

There are indications that Heinrich Himmler saw himself as the reincarnation of the first king of Germany.

Louis IV of Germany

Louis the Child, the last Carolingian king of Germany, or rather of East Franks