Archduke Rudolf of Austria

His Eminence Rudolph Johann Joseph Rainer Archduke of Austria
Cardinal, Archbishop of Olomouc
Portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi, Vienna Museum
Metropolis	Archdiocese of Olomouc
See	Olomouc
Installed	24 March 1819
Term ended	24 July 1831
Predecessor	Maria Thaddäus von Trautmannsdorff
Successor	Ferdinand Maria Chotek von Chotkow
Other post(s)	Archduke of Austria
Orders
Ordination	19 March 1805
Consecration	26 September 1819 by Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart
Created cardinal	4 June 1819
Rank	Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio
Personal details
Born	(1788-01-08)8 January 1788 Florence, Tuscany
Died	24 July 1831(1831-07-24) (aged 43) Baden, Lower Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor of Anton Theodor von Colloredo-Waldsee-Mels, Archbishop of Olomouc (1805–1811)
Coat of arms

Styles of Rudolph von Habsburg-Lothringen
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Olomouc

Rudolph Johann Joseph Rainier, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Cardinal-Archbishop of Olomouc (8 January 1788 – 24 July 1831), was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and an Austrian clergyman and noble. He was consecrated as Archbishop of Olomouc (Olmütz) in 1819 and became cardinal in the same year. Rudolph is known for his patronage of the arts, most notably as sponsor of Ludwig van Beethoven, who dedicated several of his works to him.