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Frederick IV (1382 – 24 June 1439), also known as Frederick of the Empty Pockets ( German: Friedrich mit der leeren Tasche ), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1402 until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian line, he ruled over Further Austria and the County of Tyrol from 1406 onwards.
Frederick was the fourth and youngest son of Duke Leopold III and his Italian wife Viridis Visconti. His father was the founder of the sovereign Leopoldine branch of the Habsburgs. The territories assigned to him included Styria, Carinthia and Carniola (later referred to as Inner Austria) as well as the ancestral Habsburg lands in Swabia and the Allgäu (later known as the
Frederick IV, ‘Empty-Pockets’. Duke of Austria; from 1406 ruler over Tyrol. Born in 1382 (exact date of birth unknown) Died in Innsbruck on 24 June 1439. Frederick ruled over the Swabian territories and Tyrol at the beginning of the fifteenth century. There he gradually secured his power base against the nobility.
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Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 25 April 1211 – 15 June 1246), known as Frederick the Quarrelsome (Friedrich der Streitbare), was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 until his death. He was the fifth and last Austrian duke from the House of Babenberg , since the former margraviate was elevated to a duchy by the 1156 Privilegium Minus . [1]
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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.
NamePortraitBornReignc. 940 Son of Berthold of Nordgau or ...21 July 976 – 10 July 994c. 965 (?) First son of Leopold I and ...10 July 994 – 23 June 1018c. 985 Third son of Leopold I and ...23 June 1018 – 26 May 10551027 Son of Adalbert I and Frozza ...26 May 1055 – 10 June 1075At the beginning of the fifteenth century the Habsburg family was dominated by quarrels and disputes about the division of power. Duke Frederick IV, who ruled over Tyrol and the ancestral territories on the upper Rhine, increasingly found himself facing difficulties. Having come into conflict with the emperor, he was put under imperial ban: he ...
Frederick IV (1382 – 24 June 1439), also known as Frederick of the Empty Pockets ( German: Friedrich mit der leeren Tasche ), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1402 until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian line, he ruled over Further Austria and the County of Tyrol from 1406 onwards.
