Rupert of Germany

Rupert
King of the Romans (Germany)
Elector Palatine
Reign21 August 1400 – 18 May 1410
Coronation6 January 1401
PredecessorWenceslaus
SuccessorJobst of Moravia
Reign6 January 1398 – 18 May 1410
PredecessorRupert II
SuccessorLouis III
Born5 May 1352
Amberg, Upper Palatinate
Died18 May 1410(1410-05-18) (aged 58)
Landskron Castle,
Oppenheim, Electoral Palatinate
Burial
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
SpouseElisabeth of Hohenzollern
IssueMargaret, Duchess of Lorraine
Louis III, Elector Palatine
John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach
HouseWittlelsbach
FatherRupert II, Elector Palatine
MotherBeatrice of Aragon

Rupert (5 May 1352 — 18 May 1410) was the Elector Palatine (as Rupert III) from 1398 and King of the Romans (King of Germany) from 1400 until his death in 1410. He was the king after Charles IV's son, Wenceslaus got deposed after prince-electors of Maine, Cologne, and Trier met up, and the next day the same 4 electors voted for him.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Scott 1998, p. 350.
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