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Leopold was born at Melk, Austria, in 1073. At the age of 23 he succeeded his father as Margrave of Austria. In 1106, Leopold married Agnes, the daughter of Emperor Henry IV, who bore him 18 children, 11 of whom survived childhood and became known for their virtues or great deeds. At age 23 St. Leopold became Duke and ruled wisely for 40 years ...
The treaty concluded in 1379 in the Cistercian monastery of Neuberg an der Mürz between the brothers Albrecht III and Leopold III resulted in division of the Habsburg possessions while preserving mutual claims of inheritance. According to its provisions Albrecht received the duchy of Austria (Upper and Lower Austria) including the Traungau and Salzkammergut. For his part
Leopold I (c. 1290 – 28 February 1326), [1] called The Glorious, was Duke of Austria and Styria – as co-ruler with his elder brother Frederick the Fair – from 1308 until his death. A member of the House of Habsburg, he was the third son of Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol, a scion of the Meinhardiner dynasty.
Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (October 9, 1586 – September 13, 1632) was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria. He was Prince- Bishop of Passau and of Strasbourg, until he resigned to get married, and Archduke of ...
Apr 26, 2022 · Saint Leopold III (German: Luitpold, 1073 – 15 November 1136), known as Leopold the Good, was the Margrave of Austria from 1095 to his death in 1136. He was a member of the House of Babenberg. He was canonized on 6 January 1485 and became the patron saint of Austria, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, and Vienna. His feast day is 15 November.
The Battle of Sempach was fought on 9 July 1386, between Leopold III, Duke of Austria and the Old Swiss Confederacy. The battle was a decisive Swiss victory in which Duke Leopold and numerous Austrian nobles died. The victory helped turn the loosely allied Swiss Confederation into a more unified nation and is seen as a turning point in the growth of Switzerland. During 1383-1384, the expansion ...
The duke was spectacularly defeated in the Battle of Sempach on 9 July 1386, when the Swiss peasant army routed the professional army of knights. Duke Leopold III fell in battle. His corpse was interred in the abbey at Königsfelden which had been founded to commemorate Albrecht I’s assassination. This monastery came to house the remains of ...
