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Ernest was born in Bruck an der Mur in Styria, the third son of Duke Leopold III of Austria (1351–1386) and his consort Viridis Visconti (d. 1414), [1] a daughter of Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan. Shortly after his birth, his father and his uncle Albert III divided the Habsburg lands by the 1379 Treaty of Neuberg: while Albert and his ...
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Habsburg. Father. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. Mother. Maria of Spain. Tomb of Archduke Ernest of Austria. Archduke Ernest of Austria ( German: Ernst von Österreich; 15 June 1553 – 20 February 1595) [1] was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain .
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.
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Jun 11, 2023 · Ernest, Duke of Austria. Ernest the Iron, officially Ernest, Duke of Inner Austria; 1377 - June 10, 1424) was the ruler of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola (collectively Inner Austria) from 1406 until his death. He was a member of the Habsburg dynasty, of the Leopoldian line, whose head of the family he was from 1411 to 1424.
- Bruck an der Mur, Ôsterreich
- Małgorzata Bogusławówna, Cimburga of Masovia
- Ôsterreich
- 1377
Wien u. a. 1984. Ernest was the third son of Duke Leopold III, the founder of the Leopoldine line of the Habsburgs, and Viridis Visconti. After the early death of his father – Ernest was twelve years old at the time – he was initially placed under the guardianship of his eldest brother William. After the latter’s death in 1406 Ernest was ...
Ernest ‘the Iron’. Duke of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1406; from 1414 he bore the title of an archduke. Ernest fought over his share of the Habsburg patrimony with his brothers William and Leopold IV. He became regent over Inner Austria in 1411 after clashing with his brother Leopold on the battlefield.
Duke Ernest and Cimburgis of Masovia. Ernest has an important place in the history of the dynasty for two reasons: in 1414 Ernest first refers to himself as archduke in a document. He is thus the first member of the family to bear this title, which had been usurped by his uncle Rudolf IV. The Early Modern Habsburg rulers descend from Ernest and ...