Death of Rudolf of Rheinfelden
October 14, 1080
At the Battle of the Elster, Henry IV's forces were defeated but the anti-king Rudolf was mortally wounded, losing his right hand to a sword cut. Dying, he held up the stump and wondered whether this was the hand with which he had sworn fealty to Henry. His cause collapsed with him.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.