Rudolf of Rheinfelden

Rudolf of Rheinfelden (c. 1025 – 15 October 1080) was Duke of Swabia from 1057 to 1079. Initially a follower of his brother-in-law, the Salian emperor Henry IV, his election as German anti-king in 1077 marked the outbreak of the Great Saxon Revolt and the first phase of open conflict in the Investiture Controversy between Emperor and Papacy. After a series of armed conflicts, Rudolf succumbed to his injuries after his forces defeated Henry's in the Battle on the Elster.

Rudolf of Rheinfelden

c. 1025

(1080-10-15)15 October 1080
Hohenmölsen, Saxon Eastern March

Merseburg Cathedral

Matilda of Swabia
Adelaide of Savoy

Kuno of Rheinfelden

married Berthold II of Zähringen

Agnes of Rheinfelden

married King Ladislaus I of Hungary

Adelaide of Rheinfelden

Countess of Kellmünz, married Ulrich X, Count of Bregenz

Bertha of Rheinfelden

Otto (died young)

(the identity of Berthold's mother is disputed)

Berthold of Rheinfelden

With his second wife, Adelaide, Rudolf had at least four (and perhaps five) children:

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ISBN

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Vita Heinrici IV. imperatoris, ed., W. Eberhard, MGH Script. rer. Germ. 58 (Hannover and Leipzig, 1899).

Liber de unitate ecclesiae conservanda in W. Schwenenbecher, ed., MGH Libelli, 2 (Hannover, 1892), pp. 184–284.

Rudolf of Rheinfelden