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  Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg478 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Leopold III of Austria HABSBURG [Parents] died 1386.
Leopold IV the Fat of Austria HABSBURG died 1411.
Ernest the Iron of Austria HABSBURG died 1424.
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  Ferdinand Habsburg of AUSTRIA - Maria Eleonore Josefa Habsburg of AUSTRIA
/-Adalbert I of AUSTRIA /-Ernst of AUSTRIA, Margrave of Austria
\- GISELA Judith of AUSTRIA \-Richwara (Richiza) of SUALAFELD
\-Elisabeth of TIROL, Countess of Tirol /-Leopold III Habsburg of AUSTRIA, Duke of Austria
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 Leopold II of Tuscany - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Leopold had left Florence for Siena, and eventually for Porto S. Stefano, leaving a letter to Guerrazzi in which, on account of a protest from the pope, he declared that he could not agree to the proposed constituent assembly.
The popular demands presented by Corsini were for the abdication of Leopold in favour of his son, an alliance with Piedmont and the reorganization of Tuscany in accordance with the eventual and definite reorganization of Italy.
Leopold of Tuscany was a well-meaning, not unkindly man, and fonder of his subjects than were the other Italian despots; but he was weak, and too closely bound by family ties and Habsburg traditions ever to become a real Liberal.
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 Austria. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
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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 Qwika - Leopold
2.1 Margraves of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty
Leopold III of Austria (Saint Leopold) -- (1095-1136)
Leopold the Strong (from the dynasty of the Otakars), Margrave of Styria from 1122 to 1129
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 Leopold I Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Leopold II Habsburg-Lorraine, Holy Roman Emperor, Grand Duke of Tuscany (as Leopold I) Leopold II (born Peter Leopold Joseph) (May 5, 1747 – March 1, 1792) was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 and Grand-duke of Tuscany (Leopold I - Pietro Leopoldo d'Asburgo-Lorena - Granduca di Toscana).
Leopold was born in Vienna, a third son, and was at first educated for the priesthood, but the theological studies to which he was forced to apply himself are believed to have influenced his mind in a way unfavourable to the Church.
Leopold was too purely a politician not to be secretly pleased at the destruction of the power of France and of her influence in Europe by her internal disorders.
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 History of Austria
Austria's performance in the war was distinctly unimpressive, and the expense involved led to further resistance.
The Emperor's daughter, Marie Louise, was married to Napoleon, and Austria contributed an army to Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812.
Representatives of the new Republic of Austria convinced them that it was unfair to penalize Austria for the actions of a now dissolved Empire, especially as other areas of the Empire were now perceived to be on the "victorious" side, simply because they had renounced the Empire at the end of the war.
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 The Austrian Flag
The flag was adopted by Friedrich II., der Streitbare, the last Babenberg as Duke of Austria in the 13th century.
According to legend, Duke Leopold V. of Austria (1157-1194) was involved in a fierce battle during the Crusades.
Austria became one of the marches (the Ostmark) of the Holy Roman Empire after the Battle of Lechfeld in 955, and was given a margrave around 960.
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 Austrian Press and Information Service | Washington, D.C. - History
Austria emerged from the Second World War and the sufferings associated with it as a state that feels secure in its existence and which plays a decisive role in Europe.
In 976, Leopold von Babenberg, a descendant of a noble Bavarian family, was invested with the area between the rivers Enns and Traisen.
Austria's emergence as a major power was mainly due to the brilliant military leader Prince Eugene of Savoy, who served under three emperors (Leopold I, Josef I and Karl VI) and proved to be not only an outstanding military commander but also a fine statesman.
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 HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG - Online Information article about HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG
Hungary and Bohemia from 1526, and emperors of Austria from 1804.
It depicts the Habsburg double headed eagle and there is something that appears to be perhaps a sword in the talons.
Does anyone know of a baby Habsburg girl being switched at birth for a servant's male child, so that there would be an heir to the throne.
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 History of Austria
An important characteristic of the Habsburgs' approach to their possessions was the concept of collective inheritence, as opposed to the principle of primogeniture, wherein the eldest son inherits the total holdings upon the death of the predecessor.
In retrospect, the Habsburgs proved to be the most tenacious guardians of the traditions of the original European aristocracy, and its legal thinking in terms of family and clan (in contrast to the ancient and modern principles of public law) (Wandruszka 30-32).
Charles was the son of Philip I, king of Castile, and Joanna the Mad; maternal grandson of Ferdinand V of Castile and Isabella I; paternal grandson of the Habsburg Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I; and great-grandson of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy.
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 RULERS OF AUSTRIA (ÖSTERREICH)
  However, a descendant of Leopold III was elected German king as Friedrich III in 1440 (crowned emperor 1452), and with him began the continuous Habsburg ascendancy.
RULERS OF Babenberg Margraves of Ostmark, Dukes of Austria from 1156
Habsburg Dukes of Austria, Archdukes of Austria from 1453
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 Austria
Son of Albert II; with brother Leopold III succeeded elder brother Rudolf IV as joint ruler of Austrian lands (1365); quarrelled with Leopold and by Treaty of Neuberg (1379) divided Habsburg Austrian lands, himself taking Upper and Lower Austria; patron of arts; issued statute for U. of Vienna (1389).
Philip V claimed the Habsburg lands by virtue of the fact that the Habsburg Holy Roman emperor Charles V had been king of Spain (1516-56) and that through descent from him the Spanish monarchy had legal right to the Habsburg dominions outside Spain.
Francis Ferdinand (German Franz Ferdinand), (1863-1914), archduke of Austria, born in Graz, son of Archduke Charles Louis and nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph.
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 Avalanche Press
Austria’s flirtation with sea power began in 1382, when Duke Leopold III of Austria undertook to protect the port city of Trieste from Venice, but for the next several centuries the Habsburg Empire did not make an effort to build naval power.
Austria acquired three more in a complete state of readiness when Ancona fell to a combined Austrian-Russian force in 1799 and Austrian officers sneaked aboard to raise the red-white-red naval ensign over all the vessels in the harbor before the Russians could take possession.
Austria continued to try to sell her ships, but one by one they fell prey to fire and rot.
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 Real Tennis - Austria
Austria was the core of the Habsburg hereditary lands.
Frederick III (1448-1493) resided mainly in Vienna; Maximilian I (1493-1519) preferred Augsburg and Innsbruck.
A Ballhaus (or Ballenhaus) was virtually automatically incorporated in the lay-out of the major Habsburg residences in Austria and Bohemia.
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 Habsburg Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
A list of family members of the current head of the dynasty will be found on the Habsburg Family page.
Duke, oldest son of Leopold III and Viridis Visconti
The Habsburg family gathered for the 90th birthday of Empress Zita in 1982.
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 The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Austria
After the decay of the Roman Empire, the next record of the presence of a Jew in Austria is found in the ninth century, when Bishop Arno of Salzburg (785-871) was treated by a Jewish doctor (“medicum iudaicum”).
Jewish civil servants were inaugurated to prove their loyalty to Austria (1851); they were excluded from the possession of land (1853); and they were excluded from certain professions such as soliciting or teaching (1855).
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   (2610 words)

  
 Belgium
Leopold II was succeeded in 1909 by Albert I, his nephew.
Leopold, however, surrendered to the German forces when the Belgian lines at Kortrijk were broken.
Leopold was held prisoner in the palace of Laeken before being taken to Germany.
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 Duke Leopold Iii Habsburg Of Austria / Verde Visconti
Duke Leopold Iii Habsburg Of Austria / Verde Visconti
Father: Duke Albrecht Ii Habsburg Of Austria Mother: Countess Of Pfirt Johanne
Name: Friedrich Iv Duke Of Austria Born: Aft 2 Oct 1382 at Of Bruck A.D. Mu, Steiermark, Austria Died: 24 Jun 1439 at Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria Wife: Princess Of Bavaria Elisabeth [princess Of Pal
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 Austria Political and Religious Consolidation under Leopold - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural ...
Central to the restoration of the Habsburgs' social and political base was the reestablishment of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Habsburg effort to establish religious conformity was based on the model already implemented in Bohemia.
The Jesuits led this effort, and their influence was broadly disseminated throughout Central European society, owing to their excellent schools, near monopoly over higher education, and emphasis on lay organizations, which provided a channel for popular devotional piety.
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 CHAPTER THREE
Austrian Habsburg monarchs such as Ferdinand III (1637 — 1657), Leopold I (1658 — 1705) and Joseph I (1705 — 1711), and later the Empress Maria Theresa (1717 - 1780) and Joseph II (1741 - 1790) represented this monarchy at its peak power.
Austria was an extremely disparate society, complicating effective rule; it was an empire that was ultimately impossible to sustain.
Thus, Habsburg Austria survived the Thirty Years War, shifted its focus and continued to play an important role in the European balance of power.
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 Leopold III, Duke of Austria (Habsburg) information - Search.com
Leopold III (November 1, 1351,Vienna–July 9, 1386, Sempach) from the Habsburg family was a Duke of Austria, Styria and Carinthia.
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, in 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, Tirol and Further Austria.
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 Habsburger, Herrschergeschlecht   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Habsburg: The former Austrian imperial dynasty is named after the Havichsberch (Habichtsburg, first mentioned in 1108, founded around 1020), their ancestral castle on the right bank of the River Aare south west of Brugg in the canton of Aargau (Switzerland).
Albertinian Line and after the Tyrolean line had renounced all rights in1490 and Sigmund I had adopted Maximilian I. Maximilian I married Maria of Burgundy, his son Philipp was married to Johanna of Castile and Aragon.
Relations between the Republic of Austria and the Habsburg family are regulated by the
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 1380s
Haakon VI of Norway dies and is succeeded by his son Olaf III of Denmark as Olaf IV of Norway.
Olaf IV of Norway/ Olaf III of Denmark dies.
Duke [[Leopold III of Austria (Habsburg)Leopold III] of Austria]] (born 1351)
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 Ancestors and Family of Ferdinand III Habsburg
He was succeeded by his son, Leopold I. Ferdinand married three times - first to his cousin, the Infanta Maria Anna of Spain, by whom he had two surviving sons - Ferdinand IV, his eldest, who predeceased him, and Leopold, who ultimately succeeded him.
Ferdinand married Maria Anna of Spain Habsburg, daughter of Philip III of Spain Habsburg and Margaret of Austria Habsburg, on 20 Feb 1631.
(Maria Anna of Spain Habsburg was born in 1606 and died in 1646.)
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 Albert III of Austria: Encyclopedia II - Albert III of Austria - Life
Albert III was born as the third son of Duke Albert II of Austria.
Even though his father had determined that the eldest son should the sole successor after his death in 1358, Albert later inherited the rule from his two older brothers Rudolf IV, Frederick III and shared it with his younger brother Leopold III.
After Rudolf's and Frederick's death without an heir, Albert entered into the Treaty of Neuberg to divide the Habsburg territories with Leopold III in 1379, in which he received Austria proper, while Leopold should rule Styria, Carinthia, Tyrol and Further Austria.
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 Leopold III, margrave of Austria — Infoplease.com
Leopold III or Saint Leopold,c.1073–1136, margrave of Austria (1095–1136).
The founder of numerous monasteries (of which Heiligenkreuz, Klosterneuburg, and Mariazell still exist), Leopold was canonized in 1485 and is the patron saint of Austria.
Restless corpses: `secondary burial' in the Babenberg and Habsburg dynasties.
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 Habsburg
Die früheren Generationen der Habsburger lassen sich einerseits nur auf Grund genealogischer Aufzeichnungen rekonstruieren, die 1160 erstellt worden sind, und andererseits auf Grund eines gefälschten Testamentes eines Werner I. Gefälscht daher, weil das Testament auf 1027 datiert ist; jedoch vermutlich um 1085 geschrieben wurde.
Das Fürstenhaus Habsburg war für mehrere Jahrhunderte das dominierende Adelsgeschlecht in Mitteleuropa; es stellte von 1282 bis 1453 die Herzöge und von 1453 bis 1780 die Erzherzöge von Österreich.
Stammtafel der Habsburger in der Renaissance in Bildern
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 History and chronology of Leopold I in Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Birth of Leopold I, 2nd son of Emperor Ferdinand III
Duke Sigismond Francis of Tyrl dies & the kingdom of Tyrol passes to Leopold I
Leopold's troops are force to flee Presburg & garrison in Vienna
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