Rudolf of Rheinfelden elected anti-king
1077
German princes unhappy with Henry IV's survival of Canossa elected Rudolf of Swabia as anti-king at Forchheim. Civil war engulfed Germany for the next three years. The fighting ended only when Rudolf was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Elster in 1080, his sword hand severed in the fight.
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