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Also Known As Rudolf von Rheinfelden • Rudolf of Swabia • Rudolf of Rheinfelden • Rudolf von Schwaben
Died October 15, 1080 • Merseburg • Germany
House / Dynasty Salian dynasty
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Conrad
king of the Germans
Henry IV
Henry IV
Holy Roman emperor
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Louis IV
Holy Roman emperor
Otto IV
Otto IV
Holy Roman emperor
Philip
Philip
king of Germany
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Henry Raspe
antiking of Germany
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Otto II
duke of Bavaria
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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
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William
king of Germany
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Oskar Lafontaine
German politician
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Reinhard Gehlen
German general
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Fritz Fischer
German historian
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August Thyssen
German industrialist
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Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
German industrialist and philanthropist
Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Medieval manuscript miniature showing Frederick I as a crowned crusader holding an orb and scepter, with Henry of Schaftlarn kneeling and presenting a book to him.
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor