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JOHN (1290-c. 1320)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 450 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN (1290-c. 1320) , surnamed the See also:Parricide, and called also John of See also:Swabia, was a son of See also:Rudolph II. See also:count of See also:Habsburg and See also:Agnes daughter of Ottakar II. See also:king of Bohemia, and consequently a See also:grandson of the See also:German king Rudolph I. Having passed his See also:early days at the Bohemian See also:court, when he came of See also:age he demanded a portion of the See also:family estates from his See also:uncle, the German king See also:Albert I. His wishes were not gratified, and with three companions he formed a See also:plan to See also:murder the king. On the 1st of May 1308 Albert in See also:crossing the See also:river See also:Reuss at Windisch became separated from his attendants, and was at once attacked and killed by the four conspirators. John escaped the vengeance of Albert's sons, and was afterwards found in a monastery at See also:Pisa, where in 1313 he is said to have been visited by the See also:emperor See also:Henry VII., who had placed him under the See also:ban. From this See also:time he vanishes from See also:history. The See also:character of John is used by See also:Schiller in his See also:play Wilhelm Tell.

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