Rudolf II, Kaisar Romawi Suci

Rudolf II (18 Juli 1552 – 20 Januari 1612) was Kaisar Romawi Suci (1576–1612), Raja Hungaria dan Kroasia (sebagai Rudolf I, 1572–1608), Raja Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) dan Adipati Utama Austria (1576–1608). Ia adalah anggota Wangsa Habsburg.

Biografi 

Rudolf lahir di Vienna pada 18 Juli 1552. Ia adalah putra sulung dan penerus dari Maximilian II, Kaisar Romawi Suci, Raja Bohemia, dan Raja Hungaria dan Kroasia; ibunya adalah Maria dari Spanyol, seorang putri dari Charles V dan Isabella dari Portugal.

Referensi 

 Bolton, Henry Carrington (1904). The Follies of Science at the Court of Rudolph II, 1576–1612, Milwaukee: Pharmaceutical Review Publishing Co., 1904. From Internet Archive Inaccurate and misleading
 Evans, R. J. W. (1953). Rudolf II and his world: A study in intellectual history, 1576–1612. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2nd ed, 1984. Considered the fundamental re-evaluation of Rudolf.
 Rowse, A. L. (1977). Homosexuals in History: Ambivalence in Society, Literature and the Arts. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN 0-02-605620-8
 Hotson, Howard (1999). "Rudolf II", in Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, ed. Paul Grendler. Vol. 5. ISBN 0-684-80514-6
 Marshall, Peter (2006). The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague. ISBN 0-8027-1551-6. Also published as The Theatre of the World: Alchemy, Astrology and Magic in Renaissance Prague (in the UK, ISBN 0-436-20521-1; in Canada, ISBN 0-7710-5690-7); and in paperback as The Mercurial Emperor: The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague (2007) ISBN 978-1-84413-537-0. Biography, focusing on the many artists and scientists Rudolf patronized.
 Trevor-Roper, Hugh; Princes and Artists, Patronage and Ideology at Four Habsburg Courts 1517–1633, Thames & Hudson, London, 1976, ISBN 0-500-23232-6

Pranala luar 
 Rudolf II, from Encyclopædia Britannica, latest edition online, full-article.
 Rudolf II and Prague , 1997 official exhibition.
 Prague during the reign of Rudolf II, karya Jacob Wisse, in Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.
 Rudolf II, karya Edward Einhorn, tells the story of the latter part of Rudolf II's life.

Kelahiran 1552
Kematian 1612
Kaisar Romawi Suci
Raja Bohemia
Penguasa Hungaria
Raja Romawi
Ksatria Garter
Ksatria Bulu Emas
Tokoh dari Wina