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Mar 21, 2024 · Leopold II (born May 5, 1747, Vienna—died March 1, 1792, Vienna) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1790 to 1792, one of the most capable of the 18th-century reformist rulers known as the “enlightened despots.”. The third son of the Habsburg Maria Theresa and the emperor Francis I, Leopold succeeded his father as duke of Tuscany when his ...
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Leopold I (c. 1290 – 28 February 1326), [1] called The Glorious, was Duke of Austria and Styria – as co-ruler with his elder brother Frederick the Fair – from 1308 until his death. A member of the House of Habsburg, he was the third son of Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol, a scion of the Meinhardiner dynasty.
Battle of Morgarten. …in 1314, the Habsburg duke Leopold I of Austria, who claimed jurisdiction in the area, raised an army of knights for an invasion of Schwyz from Zug by way of the Morgarten Pass alongside Lake Egeri (Ägerisee). The men of Schwyz, however, and some confederates from Uri caught the Austrians…. Other articles where ...
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Their father was assassinated the following year, and Leopold took strong action against his father's killers. Leopold joined the German king King Henry VII on a campaign in Italy in 1311, helping put down a revolt in Milan. When Henry died three years later, Leopold did all he could to get his brother Frederick elected King of Germany.
Leopold I was a defining figure in the history of the Habsburg dynasty. His reign saw the consolidation of the Monarchy after the Thirty Years’ War and the decisive victories against the Ottoman Empire that enabled the Habsburg Monarchy to become one of the leading Great Powers in Europe. Leopold himself was however a shy, indecisive ...
The Anschluss ( German: [ˈʔanʃlʊs] ⓘ, or Anschluß, [1] [a] lit.'joining' or 'connection' ), also known as the Anschluß Österreichs ( pronunciation ⓘ, English: Annexation of Austria ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938. [2]
Mar 25, 2024 · Maria Theresa (born May 13, 1717, Vienna—died November 29, 1780, Vienna) was the archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740–80), wife and empress of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I (reigned 1745–65), and mother of the Holy Roman emperor Joseph II (reigned 1765–90). Upon her accession, the War of the Austrian ...
