Rudolph I of Bohemia
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Rudolf I of Habsburg (Czech: Rudolf I. Habsburský; 1281 – 3/4 July 1307, Horažďovice in Bohemia) was a king of Bohemia (1306–1307) and Duke of Austria (as Rudolph III), titular King of Poland 1306–1307. He was the son of Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Tirol.
On May 25, 1300, he married Blanche, daughter of Philip III of France by his second wife Maria of Brabant. Their only daughter died young, and Blanche herself died in 1305.
Rudolf was presented in 1306 as a rival claimant to the Bohemian throne against Henry of Carinthia. Albert had Rudolf married to Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, widow of Wenceslas II of Bohemia (1278–1305) and in 1306 occupied Prague to place Rudolf on the Czech throne.
As some Czech nobles continued to hold out for Henry of Carinthia, Rudolf besieged the rebel fortress of Horažďovice, but fell ill of dysentery and died there in 1307, leaving no children. The Czech nobles then restored Henry of Carinthia as king in return for a charter of privileges.
| Preceded by Henry of Carinthia |
King of Bohemia 1306–1307 |
Succeeded by Henry of Carinthia |
| Preceded by Rudolph II |
Duke of Austria Co-ruler to Albert I 1298–1307 |
Succeeded by — |
