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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
The gradual advance of Christianity in Austria towards the east is shown in the shifting of the abode of the early rulers of the Babenberg (Bamberg) line from Melk, on the Kahlenberg, to Vienna.
Leopold's son and successor, Frederick II, the last of the Babenberg line, was knighted with much religious pomp at the feast of the Purification of the Virgin, 1232, in the castle church.
Pope Pius IV conceded the cup to the laity in the Archdioceses of Gran and Prague, a concession, however, withdrawn by St.
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 Babenberg - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Among Leopold's successors were Leopold III; Leopold IV and Henry II, also dukes of Bavaria (1139—56); and Henry II, called Jasomirgott ("if God will") for his favorite phrase.
Duke Leopold V took part in the Third Crusade and later made Richard I of England a prisoner.
Under Babenberg rule Austria was extended through eastward colonization, and relative peace was maintained through intermarriage with the ruling families of Bohemia and Poland.
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 BAVARIA - LoveToKnow Article on BAVARIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
When Leopold died in 1141, the king retained the duchy himself; but it continued to be the scene of considerable disorder, and in.
Alberts rival was Georges gh~ son-in-law, Rupert, formerly bishop of Freising, and son cession to of Philip, count palatine of the Rhine; and the emperor Landshut.
Vienna it was decided that she was to add to these the greater part of Salzburg and the quarters of the Inn and Hausruck, receiving as compensation, besides WUrzburg and Aschaffenburg, the Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine and certain districts of Hesse and of the former AusMa.
www.1911ency.org /B/BA/BAVARIA.htm   (10138 words)

  
 Europe's 13th-Century Progress by Sanderson Beck
In 1264 Pope Clement IV began a new investigation, which resulted in Erik and his mother Margaret both being excommunicated; but that year Erik was allowed to begin ruling himself after he agreed to marry Agnes, daughter of the Brandenburg margrave.
Hostility between Bohemia and Austria paused during the Mongol invasion as the Duke of Silesia was defeated by the Tartars at Liegnitz in 1241.
The new Pope Urban IV issued a bull favoring Henry in 1262, and Henry announced that the charters of liberties would be enforced but that the ordinances and statutes had been annulled by the Pope; anyone opposing his royal right could be arrested.
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