Rupert II, Count Palatine of the Rhine () (12 May 1325,
Amberg
Amberg () is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate, roughly halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth. In 2020, over 42,000 people lived in the town.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1034, at that time under t ...
– 6 January 1398, Amberg). He was the
Elector Palatine
The counts palatine of Lotharingia /counts palatine of the Rhine /electors of the Palatinate (german: Kurfürst von der Pfalz) ruled some part of Rhine area in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire from 915 to 1803. The title was a kind ...
of the Rhine from the house of
Wittelsbach
The House of Wittelsbach () is a German dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including Bavaria, the Palatinate, Holland and Zeeland, Sweden (with Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary (with Romania), Bohemia, the Electorate o ...
in 1390–1398.
Life
Rupert was the elder son of
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Adolf of the Rhine (german: Adolf der Redliche von der Pfalz) (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen – 29 January 1327, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Neustadt) from the house of Wittelsbach was formally Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1319 to 1327 ...
and Countess
Irmengard of Oettingen
Irmengard of Oettingen ( – 6 November 1389 in Worms, Germany) was a princess of the Counts von Oettingen by birth, and by marriage, Countess Palatine of the Rhine and, as a widow, a Dominican nun.
Life
Countess Palatine
Irmengard ...
. On 13 February 1338 the
Palatinate was divided between Rupert II and his uncle
Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria. After the death of his other uncle, the Elector
Rupert I (who had succeeded Rudolf II), on 16 February 1390 he was proclaimed Elector Palatine with the consent of
Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
Wenceslaus IV (also ''Wenceslas''; cs, Václav; german: Wenzel, nicknamed "the Idle"; 26 February 136116 August 1419), also known as Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death and King of Germany from 1376 until he w ...
. In 1391 he banished
Jews
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and
prostitute
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penet ...
s from the Palatinate, confiscated their property, and bequeathed it to the
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
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Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...
. In 1395 he promulgated the so-called ''Rupertinische Konstitution'' which was intended to provide for unity of the Palatinate. Among other provisions, he incorporated to his realm the former
Imperial Free City
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Neckargemünd
Neckargemünd ( pfl, Neggergmin) is a town in Germany, in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, state of Baden-Württemberg. It lies on the Neckar, 10 km upriver from Heidelberg at the confluence with the river Elsenz. This confluence of the t ...
.
He was buried in
Schönau Abbey
Schönau Abbey (''Kloster Schönau'') in Schönau in the Odenwald, in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1142 from Eberbach Abbey. The present settlement of Schönau grew up round the monastery.
...
a
Cistercian
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monastery in
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
.
Family and children
Rupert was married in 1345 to
Beatrice, daughter of King
Peter II of Sicily
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. They had:
# Anna (1346 – 30 November 1415), married in 1363 to
William VII of Jülich, 1st Duke of Berg
William II ( – 25 June 1408) was born in Jülich, as the son of Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg, and Margaret, daughter and heiress of Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg, and Margaret of Berg.Walther Möller, ''Stammtafeln westd ...
.
# Friedrich (1347 – c. 1395).
# Johann (1349 – c. 1395).
# Mechthild (born 1350), married to Landgrave Sigost of Leuchtenberg.
# Elisabeth (c. 1351 – 1360).
# King
Rupert of Germany
Rupert of the Palatinate (german: Ruprecht von der Pfalz; 5 May 1352 – 18 May 1410), sometimes known as Robert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 (as Rupert III) and King of Germany from ...
(1352 – 1410), married Elisabeth of Nuremberg
# Adolf (1355 – 1 May 1358).
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