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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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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 granted rulership over the lands of Styria, Carinthia
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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
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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), 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 ...
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), a daughter of Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan.
The (art) collection of Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553-1595) is widely unknown when it comes to early-modern Habsburg collections. Ernest, younger brother of Emperor Rudolf II (b. 1552) and educated at the Madrid court, was appointed Governor-General of the Netherlands by King Philip II of Spain, his uncle, in summer 1593.
Ernest ‘the Iron’. Duke of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1406; from 1414 he bore the title of an archduke. Born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria in 1377 (exact date of birth unknown) Died in Bruck an der Mur, Styria on 10 June 1424. Ernest fought over his share of the Habsburg patrimony with his brothers William and Leopold IV.