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Leopold III (1 November 1351 – 9 July 1386), known as the Just, a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1365. As head and progenitor of the Leopoldian line, he ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Carinthia, Styria and Carniola as well as the County of Tyrol and Further Austria from 1379 until his death. Biography.
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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 two forceful protagonists from the House of Habsburg whose ambitions were ended by a violent death.
After the early death of Rudolf in 1365, the fourteen-year-old Leopold took over the regency of the Habsburg dominions together with his elder brother Albrecht III, who had precedence as the head of the dynasty according to the Habsburg House Rule.
Leopold III, known as the Just, a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1365. As head and progenitor of the Leopoldian line, he ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Carinthia, Styria and Carniola as well as the County of Tyrol and Further Austria from 1379 until his death.
