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  Worldroots.com
Habsburg, Albert III of Austria, Duke of Austria
Habsburg, Leopold I of Austria, Duke of Austria
Habsburg, Leopold III of Austria, Duke of Austria
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 Austria-Hungary - LoveToKnow 1911
In 1314 Albert's son, Frederick, was chosen German king in opposition to Louis IV., duke of Upper Bavaria, afterwards the emperor Louis IV., and Austria was weakened by the efforts of the Habsburgs to sustain Frederick in his contest with Louis, and also by the struggle carried on between another brother, Leopold, and the Swiss.
Austria and Spain were thus divided, and, in spite of the efforts of the archduke Charles in the Spanish Succession War, were never again united, for at the battle of Mohacs, on the 28th of August 1526, Suleiman the Mohacs Magnificent defeated and killed Louis, king of Bohemia and its g g results.
Austria proper was policy left to his eldest son Maximilian, Tirol to the archduke The of Ferdi- Ferdinand; and Styria with Carinthia and Carniola nand and to the archduke Charles.
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 Austria - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Austria is located at the crossroads of Europe; Vienna is at the gate of the Danubian plain, and the Brenner Pass in W Austria links Germany and Italy.
Austria captured world attention in 1986 when former UN secretary-general Kurt Waldheim was elected president despite allegations that he had been involved in atrocities as a German army staff officer in the Balkans during World War II.
Austria was quickly ostracized by other EU nations because of the Freedom party's participation in the government, and Haider—who had not joined the government—subsequently resigned as party leader.
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 Albert III of Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
'''Albert III''' (born September 9, 1349 in Vienna; died August 29, 1395 on Castle Laxenburg; known as Albert with the Pigtail) was a duke of Austria.
Albert III was born as the son of Albert II of Austria.
Albert was an apt scholar himself, particularly a mathematician.
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 Albert III, Duke of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert III of Austria (September 9, 1349–August 29, 1395), known as Albert with the Pigtail (German: Albrecht III "mit dem Copfe"), was a duke of Austria and a member of the House of Habsburg.
Albert III was born in Vienna, the 3rd son of Duke Albert II of Austria.
Elisabeth of Meissen descended from Babenberg dukes of Austria.
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 Austria
Albert I (Holy Roman Empire) (circa 1248-1308), Holy Roman emperor (1298-1308) and duke of Austria (1282-1308).
Son of King Albert I of Germany; succeeded brother Frederick I (III as king of Germany) as duke of Austria (1330); ruled jointly (1330-39) with younger brother Otto, later (1339-58) alone.
Son of Albert I; chosen by a minority of electors (1314); waged long war with Louis of Bavaria (1314-22); defeated at Muhldorf (1322) and imprisoned (1322-25); acknowledged Louis as emperor; joint ruler (1325-30).
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 Biography Of Albert Einstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Albert III of Austria, Duke of Austria 1365-1395
Albert VI of Austria, Duke of Austria (ruler of InnerAustria) 1446-1463
Albert I of Belgium reigning 1909 - 1934
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 Albert II, Duke of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert II of Austria (Habsburg, December 12, 1298 – Vienna, August 16, 1358, known as the Wise or the Lame) was Duke of Austria.
Albert II was born the son of Albert I of Germany, Rex Romanorum, on December 12, 1298.
Albert's high reputation is shown by the fact that Pope Benedict XII asked him to mediate in the church's conflict with Emperor Louis the Bavarian in 1335.
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 Kingdoms of Germany - Austria
However, reignal numbering for the Habsburgs in Austria itself was often different to that of the imperial title, due to the differing origins of the two bodies.
Western Franks secede from the Germanic Empire, and Austria is controlled by the various Frankish rulers of the fledgling Holy Roman Empire.
HRE Leopold I. Austria permanently absorbs the County of Tyrol.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GermanyAustria.htm   (548 words)

  
 Habsburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Albert I (''Albrecht I''), son of Rudolph I and brother of the above, duke from 1282 - 1308; was Holy Roman Emperor from 1298 - 1308.
Albert III (''Albrecht III''), duke of Austria until 1395, from 1386 (after the death of Leopold) until 1395 also ruled over the latters possessions.
Albert IV (''Albrecht IV''), duke of Austria 1395 - 1404, in conflict with Leopold IV.
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 The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Austria
In 1420, King Albert V ordered the arrest of all Jews, and 270 were burnt at the strake, the rest were expelled and their property confiscated.
Under Frederick III (1440-93), however, their position improved; with papal consent he gave protection to Jewish refugees and permitted them to settle in the towns of Styria and Carinthia.
Today Austria has approximately 7,400 Jews of whom about 800 lived in Vienna before 1938, 1,500 are Soviet immigrants, and the rest are from other Eastern European countries.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Austria.html   (1403 words)

  
 AUSTRIA - HUNGARY
Austria began as a frontier land of Charlemagne's empire and rose to be the chief German state, ruling many neighboring peoples.
Austria's rise to power began with the Babenberg dynasty, which began when Leopold I became Margrave of Austria in 976.
As far as Austria was concerned, the powers accepted the Pragmatic Sanction; and Frederick the Great ratified the election of Maria Theresa's consort, Francis I of Lorraine, as Holy Roman emperor.
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 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 2
Albert III the Pious, Duke of Bavaria Wittelsbach, b.
Albert V of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria Wittelsbach, b.
Albert VI of Austria, Archduke of Austria Habsburg, b.
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 History of Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Between 976 and 1246, the Duchy of Austria was one of extensive feudal possessions of the Babenberg family - possibly descended from, or succeeded, a powerful Franconian family of the 9th century, from whose castle the city of Bamberg probably took its name.
From the late 13th century, the rise of Austria is closely associated with the rise of the House of Habsburg.
Born on May 1, 1218 at the ancient castle of Limburgh in Brisgau in the Alsace region, Rudolf was the son of Albert IV and Countess Heilwige of Kiburg.
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 ALBERT-ENGELMANN-GESELLSCHAFT MBH v. AUSTRIA - 46389/99 [2006] ECHR 54 (19 January 2006)
The allegation of a “rebel within the Cathedral Chapter” meant in its context that Mr Paarhammer rebelled against the church order – which he ought to represent himself as well – and was therefore capable to lower him in public esteem.
The courts also pointed out that the applicant company had not complied with the ethics of journalism as it had not given the plaintiff an opportunity to comment nor had it distanced itself from the contents of the letter, but had rather identified itself with it by highlighting the text through its layout.
Deciding on an equitable basis and having regard to the statutory rate of interest in Austria, it awards the applicants EUR  2,000 with respect to their claim for interest payable pending the proceedings before the national courts and the Convention institutions.
www.worldlii.org /eu/cases/ECHR/2006/54.html   (5216 words)

  
 LLMC - Civil Law III - Germany, Austria & Switzerland
A further motivating factor was that at the dawn of the industrial age and full into an international commercial age, nations or even collections of tiny principalities were aware of an inchoate need to unify legislation and particularly of a means of treating natural and juristic persons.
The two dominant approaches to such codification, that of France (and southern Europe) and that of Germany (and Austria and Switzerland) while similar in aim, are based on different theories, utilize quite different sources and move along separately conceived intellectual and political avenues.
It has survived successfully in Austria, but not, even as a model, in the lands beyond the core of the empire, except for parts of the former Yugoslavia which, long under socialist law, are now adopting or returning to parts of the ABGB.
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 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 37
Habsburg, Anton of Austria, Archduke of Austria, b.
Habsburg, Ernest the Iron of Austria, Duke of Austria
Habsburg, Frederick IV of Austria, Duke of Austria
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 Central Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Western civilization owes an enormous debt to Janos Hunyadi; when Sultan Mohammed II sought to capitalize on his conquest of Constantinople by a campaign through the Balkans and into central Europe, Hunyadi stopped him cold at the seige of Belgrade (1456), with a mixed force of professional troops and untrained levies.
They long served Austria and the Empire and were raised to the status of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1608.
To Switzerland thereafter (Bellinzona district to 1798, Canton of Lugano 1798-1803, Canton of Ticino from 1803.)
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 Biography Base Letter A
Albert II of Habsburg - (1397-1439), German emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary, and (as Albert V) duke of Austria
Albert III of Brandenburg - (1414-1486), Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert of Mainz - (June 28, 1490-September 24, 1545), elector and archbishop of Mainz (Germany), and archbishop of Magdeburg
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 St. Albert of Louvain - Catholic Online
Cardinal and knight, the son of Duke Godfrey III of Brabant and brother of Henry I, duke of Lorraine and Brabant.
Albert's body was taken to the cathedral of Reims, where it reposed until 1612.
Then Archduke Albert of Austria had the remains transferred to the chapel of the new Carmelite convent he had founded in Brussels.
www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=1212   (651 words)

  
 Habsburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the death of Rudolph IV, his brothers Albert III and Leopold III ruled the Habsburg possessions together from 1365 until 1379, when they split the territories in the Treaty of Neuberg, Albert keeping the Duchy of Austria and Leopold ruling over Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, the Windish March, Tyrol, and Further Austria.
Maria Theresa of Austria, Habsburg heiress and wife of emperor Francis I Stephen, reigned as Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740 - 1780.
A son of Leopold II was Archduke Rainer of Austria whose wife was from the House of Savoy; a daugther Adelaide, Queen of Sardina was the wife of King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardina and King of Italy.
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 Albert III of Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
In 1377, Albert went on a crusade agaist the pagan Lithuanians and Samogitians.
After Rudolf's and Frederick's death without a heirs, Albert entered into the Treaty of Neuberg with to divide the Habsburg territories with Leopold III in 1379, in which he received Austria proper, while Leopold should rule Styria (duchy), Carinthia, Tyrol and Further Austria.
Category:Rulers of Austria Category:Rulers of Styria Category:Dukes of Carinthia Category:Counts of Tyrol de:Albrecht III.
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The fidgety Moravian ruler, Prince Svatopluk, was enormously influential in the Carantanian Eastern region (Austria).
In the 2nd half of the 9th century, the central authority was exceedingly feeble under Charles III the Fat, the King and Emperor of the Eastern Franks.
The new princedom of Carantania (the predecessor of the modern Austria and Slovenia) was prevalently a pagan State.
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 MEDICAL INFORMATION
Prof.Dr. Albert Tuchmann, Head of Surgery Department Floridsdorf Hospital, Hinaysgasse 1, 1210 Vienna, Tel.: 406 36 18 or 275 22 0, homepage: www.tuchmann.at or http://www.teamchirurgie.com, e-mail: info@tuchmann.at, specialized in general surgery, laparocopic surgery, gastoenterology, oncology, bile surgery, proctology, goiter.
In certain parts of Austria and Central Europe, there is a danger of contracting encephalitis from viruses carried by several common tick species.
It is strongly recommended for all persons who live in and around Vienna and expect to enjoy outdoor activities, such as walking and jogging, in infested areas.
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 Leopold III, Duke of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Albert
He was a son of Godfrey III, Count of Louvain, and brother of Henry I, Duke of Lorraine and Brabant, and was chosen Bishop of Liège in 1191 by the suffrages of both people and chapter.
His body reposed at Rheims until 1612, when it was transferred by the Archduke Albert of Austria to the church of the Carmelite convent, which he had just founded at Brussels.
The relics of this strenuous defender of ecclesiastical liberty were, by permission of the Holy See, shared with the cathedral of Liège, in 1822.
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 Top 20 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The name is derived from the Swiss Habichtsburg (Hawk Castle), the family seat in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries at Habsburg, Switzerland (Switzerland did not then exist in its present form, and the Swiss lands were part of the mainly Germanic Holy Roman Empire).
However, the heiress of the last Austrian Habsburg (Maria Theresa) had married Francis Stephan Duke of Lorraine, (both of them were great-grandchildren of Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand III, but from different empresses) and their descendants carried on the Habsburg tradition from Vienna under the dynastic name Habsburg-Lorraine.
After the death of Rudolph IV, his brothers Albert III and Leopold III ruled the Habsburg possessions together from 1365 until 1379, when they split the territories in the Treaty of Neuberg, Albert keeping Austria proper and Leopold ruling over Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, the Windish March, Tyrol, and Vorderösterreich.
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 Henry of Langenstein
A second letter of condolence, written about 1384, was edited by Sommerfeldt in "Hist.
Following the invitation of Albert III, Duke of Austria, he came to the University of Vienna in 1384, and assisted in the foundation of a theological faculty.
Here he spent the remainder of his life, teaching dogmatic theology, exegesis, and canon law, and writing numerous treatises.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/h/henry_of_langenstein.html   (626 words)

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