Search results
Joanna of Pfirt. 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.
- Gregorian Chant and The Priority of God
- Promoting Art Beyond Passing Fashions
- Turned Toward The World
Three and a half hours a day are devoted to community prayer, in Latin and the vernacular, starting with the vigil at 5:15am, and ending with the Compline at 7:50pm, which the monks always conclude with a Salve Reginasung in the dark, around the altar of the collegiate church. “It is what monastic life is about: searching for God in our times, with...
This Cistercian community, which in its history has always made great room for the artistic world in order to better exalt the beauty of the faith, retains the same boldness today in commissioning works of art to adorn the interior of the monastery. This is how the community encouraged Father Raphael Statt, an artist trained at the Berlin School of...
The abbey’s college of theological studies, elevated to the status of pontifical university by Benedict XVI upon his visit to the site in 2007, is another central element of its reputation. Now the largest priestly training institution in the German-speaking world, with its 320 or so students, the Benedict XVI Philosophical-Theological University h...
- Solène Tadié
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 ...
People also ask
Who was Leopold III?
How did Duke Leopold III Die?
Why did Duke Leopold take over Vorarlberg?
Who were Albert III and Leopold?
Wien u. a. 1984. Leopold was the youngest son of Duke Albrecht II and Joan of Ferrette. He was just seven years old when he lost his father and became a ward of his eldest brother and overall head of the dynasty, Duke Rudolf IV. The latter sent Leopold when he was still a youth to represent the dynasty in the newly acquired county of Tyrol in ...
Leopold III, ‘the Just’. Duke of Austria, Styria and Carinthia; from 1379 ruler over Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Tyrol and the Forelands. Born in Vienna in 1351 (exact date of birth disputed) Died at the Battle of Sempach (present-day Switzerland) on 9 July 1386.
Coordinates: 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.
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
