Rudolph II (or Rudolph the Kind) (died 10 April 1232) was Count of
Habsburg
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in the
Aargau
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Aargau is one of the most nort ...
and a progenitor of the royal
House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (; ), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most powerful Dynasty, dynasties in the history of Europe and Western civilization. They were best known for their inbreeding and for ruling vast realms throughout ...
.
He was the only son of Count
Albert III of Habsburg and Ita of
Pfullendorf
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. He married Agnes of
Staufen. Rudolph was the father of Count
Albert IV of Habsburg and Count
Rudolph III of Habsburg and the grandfather of King
Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolf I (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was the first King of Germany of the Habsburg dynasty from 1273 until his death.
Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum which had begun after the death of the Hohenstaufen Emperor ...
.
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Counts of Habsburg
1232 deaths
Year of birth unknown
13th-century people from the Holy Roman Empire