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Richard Lionheart. In December 1192, Richard returned to England from his Third Crusade. He was exhausted from a long power struggle with his father Henry II and from bloody revolts in his French territories. During his battle in the Holy Land, one of his opponents had been Duke Leopold V of Austria. Going back, Richard became shipwrecked at ...
Apr 26, 2022 · Leopold VI, Duke of Austria. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Leopold VI (1176 – 28 July 1230), called the Glorious, from the House of Babenberg, was Duke of Austria from 1198 to 1230 and of Styria from 1194 to 1230. Leopold was the younger son of Duke Leopold V.
Aug 10, 2014 · Coeur de Lion in Captivity. By John Gillingham. Quaestiones Medii Aevi Novae, Vol.18 (2013) Introduction: In December 1192 Richard I was seized near Vienna by Duke Leopold V of Austria. The duke, once he had negotiated terms with Henry VI in February 1193, handed him over to the emperor, and he was then held prisoner in Germany until 4 February ...
He was the second son of Leopold III. His eldest brother Duke William of Inner Austria took him as his effective co-ruler, putting him in particular charge of Further Austria, which also meant ancestral Habsburg lands in Swiss Aargau etc. Leopold was to face Swiss opposition to Austrian administration. From 1391 onwards, he was the effective ...
Liutpold (Leopold) von Babenberg was the son of Heinrich II (called "Jasomirgott"), Duke of Austria and his second wife Theodora Komnene. He succeeded his father in 1177 as Leopold V, Duke of Austria. On 12 May 1174 he married Ilona of Hungary, daughter of Geza II, King of Hungary & his wife, Ievfrosina Mstislavna of Kiev ([1158]-25 May 1199).
Frederick the Catholic was born in 1175, the son of Duke Leopold V of Austria and Helena of Hungary. In 1192, he was enfeoffed with his father with Austria and Styria, while the younger Leopold VI had no claim. On Leopold V's death-bed, at Graz, he caught all by surprise by granting the Duchy of Styria to Leopold VI, with Emperor Henry VI's ...
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar ( French: Charles Léopold Nicolas Sixte; German: Karl V Leopold; 3 April 1643 – 18 April 1690) succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697. Born in exile in Vienna, Charles spent his ...
