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Death of German King Rupert (1410)

Type Event Region Europe Time 1410

On May 18, 1410, Rupert III, Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire and King of the Romans, died at Oppenheim on the Rhine at age 58.

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  1. 1410Oppenheim · Rhineland-PalatinateRupert III died of illness at Oppenheim on the Rhine, ending his ten-year reign as King of the Romans and leaving the Empire's highest secular authority vacant once again.
  2. 1410Holy Roman Empire · Holy Roman EmpireThe prince-electors immediately assembled in Cologne and elsewhere to discuss the election of a new king; competitors such as Sigismund and Jobst jockeyed for position, and the Empire fell into a new round of succession disputes.

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