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Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

1552 to 1612 7 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor across 5 places, from 1552 to 1607. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.

Where Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor was documented, and when

18 July 1552exact date
Viennaattested “Rudolf was born in Vienna on 18 July 1552.” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1563 to 1571period
Spainattested “Rudolf spent eight formative years, from age 11 to 19 (1563–1571), in Spain, at the court of his maternal uncle Philip II of Spain, together with his younger brother Ernest, future governor of the Low Countries.” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1572 to 1575period
Viennaattested “In the years following his return to Vienna, Rudolf was crowned King of Hungary (1572), King of Bohemia and King of the Romans (1575) when his father was still alive.” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1583year
Pragueattested “In 1583, he moved the court to Prague.” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1583year
Viennaattested “Rudolf moved the Habsburg capital from Vienna to Prague in 1583.” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1607year
Český Krumlov Castleattested “In 1607, Rudolf sent Julius to live in Český Krumlov Castle, in Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic, a castle that Rudolf had acquired from Peter Vok of Rosenberg, the last member of the House of Rosenberg, who had fallen into fin…” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1607year
Bohemiaattested “In 1607, Rudolf sent Julius to live in Český Krumlov Castle, in Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic, a castle that Rudolf had acquired from Peter Vok of Rosenberg, the last member of the House of Rosenberg, who had fallen into fin…” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

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Places Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor is documented in

Vienna3 presences · 1552 to 1583Bohemia1 presence · 1607Prague1 presence · 1583Spain1 presence · 1563
Český Krumlov Castle1 presence · 1607

Other places tied to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor in the record

In each of these, a source puts Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1587 to 1605period
Praguementioned “It was housed at Prague Castle, where between 1587 and 1605 he built the northern wing to house his growing collections.” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1587 to 1605period
Prague Castlementioned “It was housed at Prague Castle, where between 1587 and 1605 he built the northern wing to house his growing collections.” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
1611year
Praguementioned “His army held Rudolf prisoner in his castle in Prague until 1611, when Rudolf ceded the crown of Bohemia, as well, to his brother.” source: Wikipedia: Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

Documented at the same place, the same year

Stephen BocskaiVienna · 1572

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