Rudolf of Geneva

The castle of Saint-Maurice-d'Agaune as it appeared in 1782. It was in Rudolf's control, as a fief of Savoy, in 1263.

Rudolf or Rudolph (French: Raoul or Rodolphe de Genève) was the Count of Geneva from 1252 until his death in 1265. He was the eldest son of William II, and was described by a Renaissance historian as “the more quarrelsome son of a quarrelsome father.”[1] He was a constant warrior, and his most frequent foes were of the House of Savoy.

  1. ^ Emmanuel-Philibert de Pingon (1525–1582), Chronique de Savoie, quoted in Cox (1974), 83–86.