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Rudolf II.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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German Emperor, son of Maximilian II., born at Vienna; became king of Hungary in 1573, and of Bohemia three years later; ascended the imperial throne in 1576; indolent and incapable, he left the empire to the care of worthless ministers; disorder and foreign invasion speedily followed; persecution inflamed the Protestants; by 1611 his brother Matthias, supported by other kinsmen, had wrested Hungary and Bohemia from him; had a taste for astrology and alchemy, and patronised Kepler and Tycho Brahé (1552-1612).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rudolf II.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rudolf-ii.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rudolf II.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rudolf-ii.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
