Rupert, King of the Romans

Rupert
Rupert
	Contemporary painting in the collegiate church of Neustadt an der Weinstraße
King of Germany
Reign	21 August 1400 – 18 May 1410
Coronation	6 January 1401
Predecessor	Wenceslaus
Successor	Jobst of Moravia
Elector Palatine
Reign	6 January 1398 – 18 May 1410
Predecessor	Rupert II
Successor	Louis III
Born	5 May 1352; Amberg, Upper Palatinate
Died	18 May 1410 (aged 58); Landskron Castle,; Oppenheim, Electoral Palatinate
Burial	Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
Spouse	Elisabeth of Hohenzollern
Issue	Margaret, Duchess of Lorraine; Louis III, Elector Palatine; John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt; Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken; Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach;
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Rupert II, Elector Palatine
Mother	Beatrice of Aragon

Rupert of the Palatinate (German: Ruprecht von der Pfalz; 5 May 1352 – 18 May 1410), sometimes known as Robert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 (as Rupert III) and King of Germany from 1400 until his death.

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