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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 See 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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