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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 ...
Heiligenkreuz Abbey. Leopold V (1157 – 31 December 1194), known as the Virtuous (German: der Tugendhafte) was a member of the House of Babenberg who reigned as Duke of Austria from 1177 and Duke of Styria within the Holy Roman Empire from 1192 until his death. The Georgenberg Pact resulted in Leopold being enfeoffed with Styria by Roman ...
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 ...
Dec 11, 2016 · Leopold elevated to the title of Duke of Austria on the death of his father on 13 January 1177 at the age of 20. At the age of 25 in 1182 he went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he was greeted with honour at the courts of the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios II Komnenos, his brother in law and Béla III of Hungary, a past enemy who had tried to ...
Leopold V "the Virtuous", Duke of Austria (1157-31 December 1194) was the Duke of Austria from 1177 to 1194, succeeding Henry II of Austria and preceding Frederick I of Austria. Leopold is most famous for his role in leading the Third Crusade alongside Richard the Lionheart of England and Philip Augustus of France, as well as for capturing Richard after having a feud with him. Leopold was born ...
Leopold V, Duke of Austria (1157–1194) Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290–1326), co-ruler of Austria from 1308 to 1326. Leopold II, Duke of Austria (1328–1344), nominal co-ruler of Austria, died 1344. Leopold of Austria (Bishop) (died 1557), Bishop of Córdoba. Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (1586–1632), Regent of the Tyrol and Further ...
Leopold V (1157 – 31 December 1194), known as the Virtuous (German language: der Tugendhafte), a member of the House of Babenberg, was Duke of Austria from 1177 and Duke of Styria from 1192 until his death. Leopold was the son of the Austrian duke Henry II Jasomirgott from his second marriage with the Byzantine princess Theodora, a daughter of Andronikos Komnenos, the second eldest son of ...
