Rudolph
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Rudolph or Rudolf is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It derives, via German, from the Old High German name Hrodulf, a composition of hruod-, meaning fame or glory, and wolf, meaning wolf.
It refers, amongst others, to the following:
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People
The following rulers and members of ruling houses were known primarily under that name:
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Rulers without a numeral
- Rudolph August of Brunswick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1666-1685)
- Rudolph Christian of East Frisia, Count (1625-1628)
- Rudolph of Anhalt-Zerbst, Prince (1606-1621)
- Rudolph of Burgundy, West Frankish King (923-936)
- Rudolph of Lorraine, Duke (1328–1346)
- Rudolph of Rheinfelden, German Antiking (1077-1080)
- Rudolph the red nose reindeer
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Rudolph I
- Rudolph I, King of Burgundy (888-911)
- Rudolph I, Holy Roman Emperor, of Habsburg, German King (1273-1291)
- Rudolph I of Bavaria, Duke (1294-1317)
- Rudolph I of Bohemia, King of Bohemia (1306-1307) =Rudolph III of Austria
- Rudolph I, Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg (1298-1356)
- Rudolph I, Margrave of Baden, Margrave (1243-1288)
- Rudolph I of the Palatinate, the Babbler, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1294-1317)
- Rudolph I of Sulz, Count (around 1350)
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Rudolph II
- Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor (1576-1612)
- Rudolph II of Burgundy (911-937)
- Rudolph II of Austria, Duke (1282-1290)
- Rudolph II, Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg, Duke (1356-1370)
- Rudolph II of Carinthia, Duke (1358-1365)
- Rudolph II of the Palatinate, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Elector (1329-1353)
- Rudolph II, Margrave of Baden, Margrave (1353-1372)
- Rudolph II of Sulz, Count (1392-1405)
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Rudolph III
- Rudolph III, King of Burgundy (993-1032)
- Rudolf III of Austria, Duke (1282-1290) =Rudolf of Bohemia
- Rudolph III, Elector of Saxony, (1388-1419)
- Rudolph III of Sulz, Count (1405-1431)
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Rudolph IV and above
- Rudolph IV of Austria, the Founder, Duke (1358-1365)
- Rudolph IV of Sulz, Count (1431-1487)
- Rudolph V of Sulz, Count(1493-1535)
- Rudolph VII of Sulz, Count (1572-1611)
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Other royals
- Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary, (born 1858, died 1889) - possibly the most famous royal named Rudolph, despite not becoming a monarch.
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Ecclesiastic rulers
- Rudolph of Diepholz, Bishop of Osnabrück (1454-1455)
- Rudolph of Dingelstädt, Bishop of Magdeburg (1254-1260)
- Rudolph of Frankenstein, Bishop of Speyer (1552-1560)
- Rudolph of Zähringen, Bishop of Mainz (1160)
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Other people
- Rudolf Diesel, (born 1858, died 1914) German, inventor of Diesel Engine
- Rudolph Valentino, (born 1895, died 1926) Italian actor
- Eric Robert Rudolph, (born September 19, 1966) is a serial murderer and terrorist.
- Rudolph Guiliani, (born May 28, 1944 former mayor of New York City)
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Fiction
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", a Christmas story about a reindeer named Rudolph
- An alternate name for Gossamer, a Looney Tunes character
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Geography
- Rudolph, Wisconsin, a small town in the United States
- Lake Rudolph, another name for Lake Turkana
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