High Middle Ages · Europe · Politics

1077

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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Before and after in Europe

Before: January 24, 1076: Synod of Worms
After: 1078: Anselm writes the Proslogion

Before and after in Politics

Before: 1075: Vikramaditya VI takes Chalukya throne
After: 1080: Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Established at Nicaea

Era

High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Rudolf of Rheinfelden