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Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria (27 November 1630 – 25 June 1665) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665. Biography. He was born at Innsbruck, the second son of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria and Claudia de' Medici. He was appointed as Prince-bishop of Augsburg in 1646.
Sigismund (26 October 1427 – 4 March 1496), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1439 (elevated to Archduke in 1477) until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian line, he ruled over Further Austria and the County of Tyrol from 1446 until his resignation in 1490.
Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria (27 November 1630 – 25 June 1665) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665.
Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria (27 November 1630 – 25 June 1665) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665. He was born at Innsbruck, the second son of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria and Claudia de' Medici. He was appointed as bishop of Augsburg in 1646.
Archduke Sigismund Franz was the last male Habsburg of the collateral Tyrolean branch of the dynasty. As the younger son of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia de Medici he was at first intended for a career in the Church. At the age of sixteen he became bishop of Augsburg, in 1653 bishop of Gurk and in 1665 bishop of Trent.
Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria. Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria (27 November 1630 – 25 June 1665) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria has received more than 40,383 page views.
Description. An engraving of Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria. A short half length portrait facing right, wearing a cap, a large white collar, robes with slashed sleeves and a crucifix pendant. A German inscription sits at the bottom of the plate, alongside the engraver's inscription; ''Simon Grim. pictor, sculpsit Augustæ.'
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