person
Emperor Matthias
Matthias
also: Matthias
Holy Roman Emperor (1557-1619) who forced his brother Rudolf II to cede the crowns one by one, leaving Rudolf at last only Prague Castle.
Reading notes
- Early Poems §71 Matthias
Rudolf's younger brother, who stripped him of his crowns one by one and was left master of all but Prague Castle; Holy Roman Emperor from 1612.