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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.
Born in the Pitti Palace in Florence, Tuscany, he was the youngest son of Emperor Leopold II and Maria Louisa of Spain.
In 1803 or 1804, Rudolph began taking lessons in piano and composition from Ludwig van Beethoven.
The two became friends, and Rudolph became a supporter and patron of Beethoven; their meetings continued until 1824.
Beethoven dedicated 14 compositions to Rudolph, including the Archduke Trio, the Hammerklavier Sonata, the Emperor Concerto and the Missa Solemnis.
Piano Sonata No.
26 - Les Adieux （"The Farewells"） was gifted to Rudolf just before his flight from Vienna with the Royal family on the occasion of the 1809 invasion by Napoleon.
The movements are "Lebewohl", "Abwesenheit", and "Wiedersehen" （'farewell', 'absence', and 'reunion'）.
Rudolph dedicated one of his own compositions to Beethoven.
The letters Beethoven wrote to Rudolph are today kept at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.
Schubert and Ferdinand Ries also dedicated works to Rudolf.
On 24 March 1819 aged 31 Rudolph was appointed, Archbishop of Olomouc, in the present day Czech Republic but then part of the Austrian Empire.
He was made Cardinal-Priest of the titula...

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