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  1. Regency of Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (1424-1435) Sons of Ernest I, ruled jointly. Occasionally, Albert revolted against him, occupying, until his death, lands known today as Upper Austria and Lower Austria. On his part, Frederick was elected, between 1440 and 1452, King of the Romans and Holy Roman Emperor.

  2. 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 ...

  3. The Duchy of Austria ( German: Herzogtum Österreich) was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire, established in 1156 by the Privilegium Minus, when the Margraviate of Austria ( Ostarrîchi) was detached from Bavaria and elevated to a duchy in its own right. [1]

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  5. Jul 3, 2019 · Also Known As: Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria. Born: December 18, 1863 in Graz, Austrian Empire. Parents: Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Died: June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary. Spouse: Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (m. 1900–1914)

  6. Mar 9, 2024 · archduke, a title, proper in modern times for members of the house of Habsburg. The title of archduke Palatine ( Pfalz-Erzherzog) was first assumed by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, on the strength of a forged privilege, in the hope of gaining for the dukes of Austria an equal status with the electors of the Holy Roman Empire.

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  7. Mar 26, 2024 · Maximilian I (born March 22, 1459, Wiener Neustadt, Austria—died January 12, 1519, Wels) was the archduke of Austria, German king, and Holy Roman emperor (1493–1519) who made his family, the Habsburgs, dominant in 16th-century Europe. He added vast lands to the traditional Austrian holdings, securing the Netherlands by his own marriage ...

  8. Born in Vienna on 7 December 1802, Franz Karl was the third son of Emperor Franz II (I) and his second wife, Maria Teresia of Naples and Sicily. His parents were very closely related, his mother being the daughter of Franz’s aunt, Archduchess Maria Karoline, and thus a first cousin of her husband. Both parents were paternal and maternal first ...

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