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Sigismund (26 October 1427 – 4 March 1496), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1439 (elevated to Archduke in 1477) until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian line, he ruled over Further Austria and the County of Tyrol from 1446 until his resignation in 1490.
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Habsburg. Sigismund ‘the Rich in Coin’. Duke, from 1477 Archduke of Austria; from 1439 nominal ruler and from 1446 to 1490 ruler of Tyrol, and ruler of the Forelands from 1463 to 1490. Born in Innsbruck on 26 October 1427. Died in Innsbruck on 4 March 1496.
However, before the marriage could be consummated Sigismund Franz died suddenly at the age of only thirty-five. With his death in 1655 Tyrol and the Austrian Forelands passed to Emperor Leopold I and were again united with the other Austrian patrimonial dominions.
Leopold I, who as the heir male succeeded Sigismund Francis, took direct control over the government of Further Austria and Tyrol . He married Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach on 3 June 1665 and died in Innsbruck twenty-two days later of an illness.
In 1477, Frederick III also granted the title of Archduke to his first cousin, Sigismund of Austria, ruler of Further Austria ( German: Vorderösterreich ). Frederick's son and heir, the future Emperor Maximilian I, started to use the title, but apparently only after the death of his wife Mary of Burgundy (d. 1482), as Archduke never appears in ...
Sigismund (26 October 1427 – 4 March 1496), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1439 (elevated to Archduke in 1477) until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian line, he ruled over Further Austria and the County of Tyrol from 1446 until his resignation in 1490.
Apr 9, 2023 · On July 14, 1457, however, Cusanus was forced to retreat from Brixen after several ambushes, several death threats, and poisoning attempts and took refuge at Andraz Castle until he clashed with Gregor Heimburg, supported by Duke Sigismund, at the Battle of Marebbe on April 5, 1458.
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