Emperor Rudolf II of Austria

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2013

⏱️ 27 minutes

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He was an art patron. He loved science. He spoke many languages. He was also known for a dark temper and instability, and his poor decisions as a ruler are credited with leading to the Thirty years War.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseofWorks.com.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Holly Fry.
0:45.7	And I'm Tracy V. Wilson.
0:47.7	Today we are talking about a member of one of the Royal House of Europe.
0:50.7	We had lots of requests to talk about royalty all the time.
0:53.7	We do, and there's lots of us-meaning stories there.
0:55.7	Today's subject was an art patron. He was a lover of science.
0:59.7	He spoke many languages. He was also known for having a dark temper
1:03.7	and being a little bit unstable.
1:05.7	And his poor decisions are as a ruler are credited with leading to the 30 years war.
1:11.7	So we're talking about Rudolph II, who is from Austria.
1:15.7	And he ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1576 to 1612,
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