Adolf, King of the Romans

Adolf
Small throne seal of King Adolf (1298)
King of Germany (formally King of the Romans)
Reign	5 May 1292 – 23 June 1298
Coronation	24 June 1292 Aachen Cathedral
Predecessor	Rudolf I
Successor	Albert I
Count of Nassau
Tenure	ca. 1276 – 2 July 1298
Predecessor	Walram II
Successor	Robert VI
Born	1255
Died	2 July 1298 (aged 43) Göllheim
Burial	29 August 1309 Speyer Cathedral
Spouse	Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg
Issue	Gerlach I, Count of Nassau Mechthild, Duchess of Upper Bavaria
House	House of Nassau
Father	Walram II, Count of Nassau
Mother	Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen
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Adolf (c. 1255 – 2 July 1298) was the count of Nassau from about 1276 and the elected king of Germany from 1292 until his deposition by the prince-electors in 1298.^[1][2] He was never crowned by the pope, which would have secured him the imperial title. He was the first physically and mentally healthy ruler of the Holy Roman Empire ever to be deposed without a papal excommunication. Adolf died shortly afterwards in the Battle of Göllheim fighting against his successor Albert of Habsburg.

He was the second in the succession of so-called count-kings of several rivalling comital houses striving after the Roman-German royal dignity.