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Ernest, Duke of Austria. Ernest the Iron ( German: Ernst der Eiserne; 1377 – 10 June 1424), a member of the House of Habsburg, ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1406 until his death. He was head of the Habsburg Leopoldian line from 1411. Biography.
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Duke Ernest had lost influence in Austria but ultimately profited from this turn of events: his hated brother Leopold died of a stroke, embittered by the abduction of Albrecht, leaving Ernest as sole ruler at least over Styria. Martin Mutschlechner. Hamann, Brigitte (Hg.): Die Habsburger. Ein biographisches Lexikon, Wien 1988.
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Jun 11, 2023 · 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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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.
Lutheranism. Ernest II (German: Ernst August Karl Johann Leopold Alexander Eduard; 21 June 1818 – 22 August 1893) was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893. He was born in Coburg to Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. His father became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and ...
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- Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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 his Polish wife Cimburgis.
After Leopold's death in the 1386 Battle of Sempach, young Ernest and his brothers William, Leopold IV and Frederick IV remained under the guardianship of their uncle Albert III.
