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3 days ago · Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564.
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4 days ago · Duke of Austria 1301–1339: John Parricida c. 1290 –1312/1313 Albertinian line Leopoldian line: Rudolf IV Duke of Austria 1339–1365: Frederick III 1347–1362: Albert III Duke of Austria 1349–1395: Leopold III Duke of Austria 1351–1386: Frederick II Duke of Austria 1327–1344: Leopold II Duke of Austria 1328–1344: Albert IV Duke of ...
5 days ago · In the Austrian west, Duke Frederick IV of the Tirolean branch lost the Aargau to the Swiss but was able to assert himself in Tirol against a rebellion of his nobles. When Sigismund died, Albert inherited his positions. In 1438 he was elected Hungarian king, with the German (as Albert II) and the Bohemian crowns to follow later. Albert no doubt ...
3 days ago · Ferdinand II, Holy Roman emperor (1619–37), archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia (1617–19, 1620–27), and king of Hungary (1618–25). He was the leading champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation and of absolutist rule during the Thirty Years’ War.
5 days ago · A consolidation began when Duke Albert IV (the Wise) of Bavaria-Munich (reigned 1467–1508) established in 1506 the principle of primogeniture in Bavaria. Albert also made Munich the capital of his duchy. Albert’s son William IV (reigned 1508–50) reunified Bavaria into one duchy in 1545.
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2 days ago · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861.
3 days ago · The Heiligenkreuz (“Holy Cross”) Abbey, founded in 1133 by St. Leopold III, owes its name to the presence of a relic of the True Cross, donated by Leopold V, duke of Austria, in 1188.
