Rupert II, Elector Palatine
- Rupert II, Elector Palatine
Rupert II of the Rhine ( _de. Ruprecht II., der Harte (der Ernste)) (12 May 1325, Amberg – 6 January 1398, Amberg). He was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1390–1398.
He was the elder son of Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Countess Irmengard von Öttingen. On 13 February 1338 the Palatinate was divided between Rupert II and his uncle Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria.Fact|date=February 2007 After the death of his other uncle, the Elector Rupert I (who had succeeded Rudolf II), on 16 February 1390 he was proclaimed Elector Palatine with the consent of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans. In 1391 he banished Jews and prostitutes from the Palatinate, confiscated their property, and bequeathed it to the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg. In 1395 he promulgated the so-called "Rupertinische Konstitution" which was intended to provide for unity of the Palatinate. Among other provisions, he incorporated to his realm the former Imperial Free City Neckargemünd.
He was buried in a Cistercian cloister in Heidelberg.
Family and children
He was married in 1345 to Beatrix of Sicily and Aragon, daughter of King Peter II of Sicily. They had the following children:
# Anna (1346 – 30 November 1415), married in 1363 to Duke Wilhelm VII of Jülich and Berg.
# Friedrich (1347 – ca. 1395).
# Johann (1349 – ca. 1395).
# Mechthild (b. 1350), married to Landgrave Sigost of Leuchtenberg.
# Elisabeth (ca. 1351 – 1360).
# King Rupert of Germany (1352 – 1410).
# Adolf (1355 – 1 May 1358).
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