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Emperor Rudolf II

1552–1612 · Habsburg

Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria. Born at Vienna. Died at Prague.

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Reigned

1576–1611	King of Bohemia
1576–1612	Holy Roman Emperor

The emperor painted as a pile of vegetables

Rudolf II filled Prague Castle with astronomers, alchemists and curiosities. His court painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo portrayed him as Vertumnus, the Roman god of the seasons, made entirely of fruit, vegetables and flowers.

Family

Father: Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother: Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress
Children (1): Julius d’Austria 1584
Siblings (8): Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain 1549
Archduke Ernest of Austria 1553
Elisabeth of Austria 1554
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor 1557
Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria 1558
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria 1559
Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria 1561
Archduchess Margaretha of Austria 1567

Related to

Emperor Rudolf II was the 22× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
Emperor Rudolf II was the first cousin 8 times removed of Victoria.
Emperor Rudolf II was the great-great-uncle of Louis XIV of France.