# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-i-of-germany
# Generated: 2026-09-01T18:05:40.082Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-i-of-germany"
name: "Rudolf I of Germany"
slug: "rudolf-i-of-germany"
description: "The minor count who ended the chaos. Rudolf of Habsburg broke a generation-long imperial vacuum in 1273, crushed a rival king, and turned a small family holding into the launchpad for Europe's most durable dynasty."
tagline: "Count of Habsburg, king of Germany (1218–1291)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rudolph_I_of_Austria.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1218-05-01"
deathDate: "1291-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in 1218 to a relatively minor noble family, Rudolf inherited the County of Habsburg in 1240 and spent the next three decades building power through fortresses, alliances, and calculated force—fighting robber barons, joining the Prussian Crusade in 1254, even weathering excommunication before reconciling with the Church. The Great Interregnum had left the Holy Roman Empire without stable leadership for years, and in 1273 the electors chose Rudolf as King of the Romans, betting on his reputation for order and pragmatism. He delivered: defeated King Ottokar II of Bohemia in battle and seized Austria, Styria, and Carinthia for his house. When Rudolf died in 1291, the Habsburgs were no longer minor. They were anchored in the heart of the empire, positioned for centuries of dominance he wouldn't live to see.