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RUPERT (13521410) , German king, and, as Rupert III., elector palatine of the Rhine, was a son of the elector Rupert II. and Beatrice. daughter of Peter II., king of Sicily. He was born at Amberg on the 5th of May 1352, and from his early years took part
Palatinate
coronation
Milan . In the autumn of 1401 he crossed the Alps, but his troops, checked before Brescia, melted away, and in 1402 Rupert, too poor to continue the campaign, returned to Germany. The news of this failure increased the disorder in Germany, but the king met with some success in his efforts to restore peace, and in October 1403, he was recognized by Pope
Boniface IN. It was only the indolence of Wenceslaus that prevented his overthrow, and in 1406 he was compelled to make certain concessions. The quarrel was complicated by the papal schism, but the king was just beginning to make some headway when he died at his castle of Landskron near Oppenheim
Heidelberg
burgrave
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