Background
In 1348, he succeeded his father as Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim.
In 1348, he succeeded his father as Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim.
Emperor Louis IV had in 1334 mortgaged Ortenburg Castle, the cities of Offenburg, Gengenbach and Zell am Harmersbach and the imperial possessions in the Ortenau area to his father. When the time came to repay the loan, Emperor Charles IV did not have the money, so Rudolf was allowed to keep these possessions. Charles IV also mortgaged the toll at Strassbourg to Rudolf and Archbishop Berthold II of Strasbourg.
This marriage remained childless.
Rudolf V died in 1361. After his death, Baden-Pforzheim fell to Baden-Baden, reuniting Baden again.
His widow remarried on 4 April 1369, to Count Walram IV of Tierstein.
