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Also Known As Rudolf von Schwaben • Rudolf von Rheinfelden • Rudolf of Rheinfelden • Rudolf of Swabia
Died October 15, 1080 • Merseburg • Germany
House / Dynasty Salian dynasty
Conrad
king of the Germans
Henry IV
Henry IV
Holy Roman emperor
Louis IV
Holy Roman emperor
Otto IV
Otto IV
Holy Roman emperor
Philip
Philip
king of Germany
Henry Raspe
antiking of Germany
Otto II
duke of Bavaria
Frederick
king of Germany
Hermann I, detail of a miniature from his psalter
Hermann I
landgrave of Thuringia
Günther von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, detail from his tomb sculpture, c. 1349; in the cathedral at Frankfurt am Main
Günther
king of Germany
William
king of Germany
Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
German industrialist and philanthropist
Oskar Lafontaine
German politician
August Thyssen
German industrialist
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick I during the Crusades
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Gustav Stresemann
Gustav Stresemann
chancellor of Germany