Rupert was the elder son of
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Countess
Irmengard of Oettingen. On 13 February 1338 the
Palatinate was divided between Rupert II and his uncle
Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria. After the death of his other uncle, the Elector
Rupert I (who had succeeded Rudolf II), on 16 February 1390 he was proclaimed Elector Palatine with the consent of
Wenceslaus, King of the Romans. In 1391 he banished
Jews and
prostitutes from the Palatinate, confiscated their property, and bequeathed it to the
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg. In 1395 he promulgated the so-called
Rupertinische Konstitution which was intended to provide for unity of the Palatinate. Among other provisions, he incorporated to his realm the former
Imperial Free City Neckargemünd. He was buried in
Schönau Abbey, a
Cistercian monastery in
Heidelberg. ==Family and children==