1273 imperial election

1273 Holy Roman Empire royal election 1273 imperial election Holy Roman Empire Flag Germany Emperors Banner.svg Presidential no 6 Prince-electorsOttokar Ottokar II of Bohemia was one of the seven electors but did not attend the assembly and contested the legal validity of the election. 4 1257 imperial election 1257 1292 imperial election 1292 1 October 1273 Rudolf of Hapsburg Speyer.jpg Rudolf I House Habsburg 6 100% GuentherZ 2011-02-12 0025 Wien01 Minoritenkirche Ottokar Przemysl.jpg Ottokar II of Bohemia Přemyslid 0Ottokar King Richard of Cornwall House of Plantagenet Rudolf I House of Habsburg June 2026 The imperial election of 1273 was an imperial election held to select the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. It took place in Frankfurt on October 1. Background The Holy Roman Empire was in the midst of a period known as the Great Interregnum. In July 1245, the Pope Innocent IV had declared the then emperor, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, deposed, opening a split between two factions, the Guelphs and Ghibellines. The previous king of the Romans, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, died on April 2, 1272, in Berkhamsted following a stroke he had suffered in December 1271. The seven prince-electors called to Frankfurt were: Archbishop Werner von Eppstein de, Elector of Mainz Archbishop Engelbert II von Falkenburg de, Elector of Cologne Archbishop Heinrich II. von Finstingen de, Elector of Trier Louis II, Elector Palatine John and Albert II, co-dukes of Saxony as Saxon elector Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel Ottokar II, King of Bohemia and "usurper" duke of Austria To Frankfurt arrived the three archbishops, Elector Louis and Albert of Saxony also as representative of his brother Frederick III of Nuremberg as representative for Margraviate of Brandenburg However, strictly speaking, Ottokar's marriage with the heiress of the Arch-Pincerna dynasty had already ended in annulment, Ottokar was holding as usurper her duchies the Carantanian territories, duchy of Styria and Austria. King Ottokar II did not arrive. The six electors convened on 29 September and summoned the Bavarian Duke to exercise the Carantanian-Bavarian vote instead of the absent King Ottokar or anyone else better entitled to it. There were 6 candidates: the favourites Rudolf, Count of Habsburg and Ottakar II of Bohemia (an elector himself), and lesser candidates Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt and Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen.Engel Evamaria https://www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/abs/10.7788/boehlau.9783412308933.240 Rudolf von Habsburg Deutsche Könige und Kaiser des Mittelalters 10.7788/boehlau.9783412308933.240 subscription 1989 240 de Böhlau Verlag 978-3-412-03688-1 Charles I of Anjou supported his nephew Philip III of France but he did not gain support.Kaufhold Martin https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/67572/file/67572.pdf Die Erneuerung der Königsgewalt im Reich de 50 Alfonso X of Castile (elected in 1257 alongside Richard) remained an anti-king until 1275. Election and aftermath Count Rudolf was elected without opposition after Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria's promotion to elector instead Ottakar II.Vacha, "1273 wurde Rudolf von Habsburg von den sieben Kurfürsten zum König gewählt" - "statt dem Böhmenkönig dem bayerischen Herzogtum die siebente Kurstimme übertragen wurde", pp. 32-33 Rudolf's principal voters, Albert II of Saxony and Louis II of Palatinate, were assured by marrying his daughters to the two electors.Cruz Anne J. Galli Stampino Maria https://books.google.com/books?id=plkfDAAAQBAJ&q=1273+imperial+election&pg=PA29 The Imperial Election of 1273 Early Modern Habsburg Women: Transnational Contexts, Cultural Conflicts, Dynastic Continuities Routledge 2016 29 Routledge 9781317146926 He was crowned at Aachen Cathedral on October 24.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rudolf-I-king-of-Germany Rudolf I Encyclopædia Britannica Rudolf was the first member of the House of Habsburg to rule the Holy Roman Empire. The house would occupy the seat continuously from 1438 to 1740 and produce emperors and kings of Bohemia, England, Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Mexico, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, as well as rulers of several Dutch and Italian principalities. References Notes Category:Imperial election (Holy Roman Empire) Category:1273 in Europe Category:France–Holy Roman Empire relations