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Leopold V, Duke of Austria. Leopold V (1157 – 31 December 1194), known as the Virtuous ( German: der Tugendhafte) was a member of the House of Babenberg who reigned as Duke of Austria from 1177 and Duke of Styria within the Holy Roman Empire from 1192 until his death.
- 1177–1194
- Theodora Komnene
From 1609 onwards he fought with his mercenaries in the War of the Jülich succession, and in the Brothers' Quarrel within the Austrian Habsburg dynasty against his first cousin Maximilian III, Archduke of Further Austria in Tyrol, and from 1611 for his first cousin Rudolf II in Bohemia.
Leopold V. Archduke of Austria; holder of several bishoprics (reigning prince-archbishop of Passau and Strasbourg); 1619–1630 governor of Tyrol, from 1630 ruler of Tyrol and the Austrian Forelands to his death in 1632. Born in Graz on 9 October 1586. Died in Schwaz in Tyrol on 13 September 1632.
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Archduke Leopold V: from prince of the Church to founder of the collateral Tyrolean branch of the Habsburg dynasty. Born in 1586, Leopold was the twelfth child of Archduke Charles of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria.
Elected in 1658, Leopold ruled the Holy Roman Empire until his death in 1705, becoming the second longest-ruling Habsburg emperor (46 years and 9 months). He was both a composer and considerable patron of music.
- 18 July 1658 – 5 May 1705
- Maria Anna of Spain
Albert II. In the absence of a male heir, Sigismund had named his son-in-law Albert of Habsburg, duke of Austria, as his successor. Albert was able and vigorous, and the union of the territories of the two dynasties enabled him to exert considerable leverage in German politics.
Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (October 9, 1586 - September 13, 1632) was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria.
