Everything about Leopold Iii Duke Of Austria totally explained
Duke Leopold III of Austria (
November 1,
1351 –
July 9,
1386) from the
Habsburg family, was
Duke of Austria from 1365 to 1379, and
duke of Styria and
Carinthia (
Inner Austria) in 1365–1386.
Life
Born in
Vienna, Leopold was a younger son of Duke
Albert II, and younger brother of the Dukes
Rudolf IV the Founder and
Albert III. He first was the administrator of
Tyrol, and was jointly charged with the rule of the Habsburg lands with Albert after Rudolf's death. However, by the
Treaty of Neuberg of
September 9,
1379, he became the exclusive ruler of Styria (including
Wiener Neustadt), Carinthia, Carniola, the
Windish March,
Gorizia, the Habsburgs' possessions in
Friuli, Tyrol and
Further Austria. In
1368 he acquired
Freiburg im Breisgau, in
1375 Feldkirch and in
1382 Trieste.
However, his attempts to expand his position in
Switzerland and
Swabia failed, when he died in the
Battle of Sempach in 1386.
Family and children
He married
23 February 1365 to Viridis Visconti (1350–1414), daughter of
Barnabò Visconti,
Lord of Milan, and had the following children:
- William
- Leopold
- Ernest the Iron
- Frederick
- Elisabeth (1378–1392)
- Katharina (1385–?) Abbess of St. Klara in Wien
He was succeeded by his eldest son
William. Other sons included
Leopold, future Duke of Further Austria,
Ernest the Iron, future Duke of Inner Austria, and
Frederick, future Duke of Further Austria.
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