16 AUG 2009 Meta-data for J. VS Library deposit 18-4-2009-08-16 Article " JULIUS CAESAR OF AUSTRIA " by Jan B. Hurych " Emperor Rudolph II had for many years a relationship with Katharina Strada, the daughter of his court antiquarian and for that reason also a very powerful nobleman. Rudolph fathered six very strange children by her. Don Julius Caesar d´Austria was born the oldest son of the emperor Rudolph II. von Habsburg and Katerina Stradová. His full name was Don Julius Caesar d’Austria. Rudolf II put his whole trust and hopes into his eldest son Julius and helped him to get a good education as well as trying to find a good position for him at a royal court. "