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Dukes and Archdukes of Austria under the House of Habsburg Main articles: House of Habsburg , Duchy of Austria , and Archduchy of Austria Count Rudolf of Habsburg , elected as king of Germany (1273), was able during years 1276–78 decisively defeat his main rival Bohemian king Ottokar II and regain his Austrian domains back for the Empire.
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The House of Habsburg came to the Austrian throne in Vienna in 1282 and in 1453 Emperor Frederick III, also the ruler of Austria, officially adopted the archducal title. From the 15th century onward, all Holy Roman Emperors but one were Austrian archdukes and with the acquisition of the Bohemian and Hungarian crown lands in 1526, the Habsburg ...
Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: Erzherzog, feminine form: Erzherzogin) was the title born from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank within the former Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), which was below that of Emperor, and roughly equal to King, Prince ...
Signature. Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria [a] (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. [2] His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I . Franz Ferdinand was the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, the younger brother of ...
16th-century archdukes of Austria (7 C, 9 P) 17th-century archdukes of Austria (5 C, 10 P) 18th-century archdukes of Austria (8 C, 8 P) 19th-century archdukes of Austria (4 P) 20th-century archdukes of Austria (3 P) Categories: Archduchy of Austria. Monarchs of Austria. Early Modern Holy Roman Empire.
These were all Austrian Archdukes, but not all Archdukes of Austria. Rather they were rulers of various pieces of Austria. Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, for example, began ruled as Archduke of Styria, while his relative Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II ruled as Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor.
This made the Duchy of Austria into an archduchy, and from then on the Habsburgs officially called themselves Archdukes of Austria. The title was hereditary in the House of Habsburg and formed the most important part of the titular trappings of all legitimate members of the dynasty.
