Rudolf II became Holy Roman Emperor(Holy Roman Empire)

Holy Roman Empire - Rudolf II became Holy Roman Emperor

Time: 1576

Place: Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire (Present Day Czechia)

Details: Maximilian was succeeded in 1576 by Rudolf II, a strange man who preferred classical Greek philosophy to Christianity and lived an isolated existence in Bohemia. He became afraid to act when the Catholic Church was forcibly reasserting control in Austria and Hungary, and the Protestant princes became upset over this. Imperial power sharply deteriorated by the time of Rudolf's death in 1612.