Erzherzog Rudolph of Austria, Fürsterzbischof von Olmütz.

Archduke Rudolph Johannes Joseph Rainier of Austria (January 8, 1788 - July 24, 1831) was an Austrian nobleman and churchman. Image File history File links Rudolf-habsburg-olmuetz. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Born in in Pisa, Italy, he was the youngest son of Emperor Leopold II. He was elected archbishop of Olomouc in 1819 and became cardinal in the same year. Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II Leopold II (born Peter Leopold Joseph) (Vienna, May 5, 1747 – Vienna, March 1, 1792) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 and Grand-duke of Tuscany. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... town hall with astronomical clock Olomouc (German Olmütz, Polish Ołomuniec, Latin Eburum or Olomucium) is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals during a consistory. ...

In 1803 or 1804, Rudolph began taking lessons in piano and composition from Ludwig van Beethoven. The two became friends, and Rudolph became a supporter and patron of Beethoven; their meetings continued until 1824. Beethoven dedicated 14 compositions to Rudolph, including the Archduke Trio and his great Missa Solemnis. Rudolph, in turn, dedicated one of his own compositions to Beethoven. The letters Beethoven wrote to Rudolph are today kept at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1820 portrait by Karl Stieler Ludwig van Beethoven (pronounced ) (baptized December 17, 1770[1] – March 26, 1827) was a German composer and pianist. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Archduke Trio is a piece of music by Ludwig van Beethoven, his Opus 97. ... Ludwig van Beethovens Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. ... The Society for the Friends of Music was founded in 1812 by Joseph von Sonnleithner, the Secretary for Court Theatre in Vienna. ...

He died in in Baden, and was interred in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna; his heart was buried in the cathedral of Olomouc. Baden bei Wien, a city in Lower Austria, 26 kilometres South of Vienna. ... An ornament of the sarcophagus of Emperor Karl VI: a deaths head with the crown of the Holy Roman Empire Tomb of Franz Josef I, flanked by wife Elisabeth and son Rudolf. ... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 UN complex in Vienna, with the non-affiliated Austria Center Vienna in front - picture taken from Danube Tower in nearby Danube Park. ...

Sources

• Biographies of Beethoven's pupils
• Cardinal biographies

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• List of his compositions