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Leopold V, Archduke of Austria. 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.
In 1619 Leopold was entrusted with a new task: he was ordered to Tyrol as the representative of his brother, the new emperor Ferdinand II. There the ambitious Leopold staked a claim on the lordship of Tyrol, which Ferdinand granted him after some hesitation.
Leopold V Archduke of Austria; holder of several bishoprics (reigning prince-archbishop of Passau and Strasbourg); 1619–1630 governor of Tyrol, from 1630 ruler of Tyrol and the Austrian Forelands to his death in 1632
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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 ...
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
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Leopold V: Duke of Austria. Leopold V was the second Duke of Austria. He reigned for nearly two decades near the end of the 12th Century. He was born in 1157, the son of the reigning Duke of Austria, Henry II, and Theodora Komnene. The realm was relatively peaceful for most of the time that Henry was growing up.
Leopold V was the younger brother of the Emperor Ferdinand II; though not actually ordained, he became Bishop of Strasbourg in 1607. In 1626 he renounced his ecclesiastical positions to become the Archduke of Further Austria and to marry Claudia de’ Medici.
