Ranking Every Holy Roman Emperor Day 32: Adolf

[u/Cultural_Act_8513]

[u/Herald_of_Clio]

Honestly, for a King of the Romans with a very limited power base (he was a minor count from Nassau), Adolf seems to have been very energetic and ambitious. He took his role as king very seriously, holding court regularly and offering shelter to people who were seeking shelter from hostile nobles. He also tried to expand his power base in Thuringia by seizing land as imperial fiefs.

However, in doing so he pissed off the electors, who ultimately ended up deposing him in favour of another Habsburg.

I rank him mediocre. Might have been pretty good had he had more to work with.

[u/Jiarong78 → u/Herald_of_Clio]

He tried to pull a rudolf except he doesn’t have the diplomatic cunning or expertise for it while Albert is very much his father son.

Ultimately rudolf was outmanoeuvred and crushed by Albert diplomatic scheming so yeah pretty mid.

[u/Great_AEONS]

Fair.

[u/NoteEducational3883]

Bad. As another poster indicated, he had good intentions, but didn’t have the power base to back it up.

[u/Legitimate-Data297]

Mediocre

[u/sketchbookamy]

On one hand, Adolph of Nassau was an energetic and pragmatic ruler who made the most he could out of his fairly weak position, and seemed like a second version of his predecessor. On the other hand, he kind of ended up being closer to the German equivalent to King John, becoming so despised by the nobles that they conspired to depose him, which he couldn’t really fight because he was still just a count who had a bigger crown. I’d say either Fair or Mediocre, he did well when he was supported by the Electors, but immediately lost that when they withdrew their support. He kind of sucked but it was no fault of his own.

[u/PyrrhicDefeat69]

Adolf the one from the first reich or third? (Im going to be banned)

[u/Worldwar2Historian → u/PyrrhicDefeat69]

Fourth.

[u/Series_Muted → u/PyrrhicDefeat69]

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