Rudolph I King Romans 1218-1291

Before 1st May 1218 [his father] Albert IV Count of Habsburg [aged 30] and [his mother] Hedwig of Kyburg were married.

On 1st May 1218 Rudolph I King Romans was born to Albert IV Count of Habsburg [aged 30] and Hedwig of Kyburg.

On 13th December 1239 [his father] Albert IV Count of Habsburg [aged 51] died. His son Rudolph [aged 21] succeeded I Count Habsburg.

In 1245 Rudolph I King Romans [aged 26] and Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 20] were married.

Around 1253 [his daughter] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 34] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 28]. She married 24th October 1273 her fourth cousin twice removed Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria, son of Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria, and had issue.

In July 1255 [his son] Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 37] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 30]. He married 1274 Elizabeth Carinthia Duchess Austria and had issue.

In 1256 [his daughter] Catherine Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 37] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 31].

Around 1257 [his daughter] Agnes aka Gertrude Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 38] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 32].

Around 1259 [his daughter] Hedwig Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 40] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 34].

Around 1262 [his daughter] Clementia Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 43] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 37]. She married 1281 Charles Martel King Hungary and had issue.

In 1263 [his son] Hartmann Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 44] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 38].

In 1270 [his son] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 51] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 45]. He married 1289 Agnes Přemyslid Duchess Austria and had issue.

On 13th March 1271 [his daughter] Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 52] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 46]. She married 24th January 1285 King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland and had issue.

On 29th September 1273 Rudolph I King Romans [aged 55] was elected I King Romans.

On 24th October 1273 [his son-in-law] Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria [aged 44] and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans [aged 55] and Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 48]. He the son of Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1274 Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria [aged 18] and Elizabeth Carinthia Duchess Austria were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. He the son of Rudolph I King Romans [aged 55] and Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 49].

Before 19th October 1275 [his son] Samson Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 57] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 50].

On 14th February 1276 [his son] Charles Habsburg was born to Rudolph I King Romans [aged 57] and [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 51]. He died aged less than one years old.

On 16th August 1276 [his son] Charles Habsburg died.

Letters. 1279. Letter XVII. Eleanora Queen-Dowager of England [aged 56] to her son Edward I [aged 39].

Eleanora, by God's grace queen of England, to our dear son Edward, by the same grace king of England, health and our blessing.

Know, sweet son, that we have understood that a marriage is in agitation between the son of the King of Sicily [aged 51] and the daughter of the King of Germany [aged 60]; and, if this alliance is made, we may well be disturbed in the right that we have to the fourth part of Provence, which thing would be great damage to us, and this damage would be both ours and yours. Where fore we pray and require you, that you will specially write to the aforesaid king, that since Provence is held from the empire, and his dignity demands that he should have right done to us about it, he will regard the right that we have, and cause us to hold it. Of this thing we especially require you, and we commend you to God.

In 1281 [his son-in-law] Charles Martel King Hungary [aged 9] and Clementia Habsburg [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans [aged 62] and Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 56]. He the son of Charles II King Naples [aged 27] and Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples [aged 24].

On 16th February 1281 [his wife] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 56] died.

On 21st December 1281 [his son] Hartmann Habsburg [aged 18] drowned.

On 4th April 1282 [his daughter] Catherine Habsburg [aged 26] died.

In 1284 Rudolph I King Romans [aged 65] and Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany were married. She the daughter of Hugh IV Duke Burgundy. They were fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 24th January 1285 [his son-in-law] King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland [aged 13] and Queen Judith of Bohemia and Poland [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans [aged 66] and Gertrude Hohenburg. He the son of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna [aged 40].

On 27th October 1286 [his daughter] Hedwig Habsburg [aged 27] died.

In 1289 Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria [aged 19] and Agnes Přemyslid Duchess Austria [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna. He the son of Rudolph I King Romans [aged 70] and Gertrude Hohenburg.

On 10th May 1290 [his son] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria [aged 20] died at Prague.

On 15th July 1291 Rudolph I King Romans [aged 73] died at Speyer. He was buried at Speyer Cathedral. His son Albert [aged 36] succeeded I Duke Austria.