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The Principality of Transylvania, from 1765 the Grand Principality of Transylvania, was a realm of the Hungarian Crown [1] [2] ruled by the Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine monarchs of the Habsburg monarchy (later Austrian Empire) and governed by mostly Hungarians. [3] [4] [5] After the Ottomans were ousted from most of the territories of ...
March of Istria. The March of Istria (or Margraviate of Istria / ˈɪstriə /) was originally a Carolingian frontier march covering the Istrian peninsula and surrounding territory conquered by Charlemagne 's son Pepin of Italy in 789. After 1364, it was the Istrian province of the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary .
Frederick II, Duke of Austria. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. Frederick the Fair.
A stem duchy ( German: Stammesherzogtum, from Stamm, meaning "tribe", in reference to the Franks, Saxons, Bavarians and Swabians) was a constituent duchy of the Kingdom of Germany at the time of the extinction of the Carolingian dynasty (death of Louis the Child in 911) and through the transitional period leading to the formation of the ...
Duchy of Austria. The Margraviate of Austria ( German: Markgrafschaft Österreich) was a medieval frontier march, centered along the river Danube, between the river Enns and the Vienna Woods ( Wienerwald ), within the territory of modern Austrian provinces of Upper Austria and Lower Austria. It existed from c. 970 to 1156.
Children of Henry II, divided Austria: Leopold V kept the main duchy and annexed the Duchy of Styria to his domain in 1192. He also gave his brother Henry the called Duchy of Mödling (title Henry used from 1205), which spanned from Liesing to Piesting and Bruck an der Leitha. Henry I and his descendants became mostly interested in arts.
