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  Styria
The Babenbergs were given Styria in fief in 1192 and united it with the Austrian territories (Lower and Upper Austria).
Lower Styria was taken from Austria in 1920 by the Treaty of St. Germain.
The Ausseer region was reintegrated in Styria in 1948.
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 Informat.io on Duchy Of Styria
When Styria came under the hegemony of Charlemagne as a part of Karantania (Carinthia), erected as a border territory against the Avars and Slavs, there was a large influx of Bavarii and other Christianized Germanic peoples, whom the bishops of Salzburg and the patriarchs of Aquileia kept faithful to Rome.
During the reign of Margrave Ottokar IV (1164-92) Styria was raised to a duchy by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, in 1180 after the fall of Henry the Lion of Bavaria.
Lower Styria with the cities of Celje and Maribor became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, while the rest remained with Austria as the State of Styria.
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 1255. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Ottokar carried on a successful campaign in support of the Teutonic Knights against the heathen Prussians.
Ottokar, taking advantage of the interregnum in the German Empire, extended his power over Carinthia, Carniola, and Istria.
Ottokar was decisively defeated on the Marchfeld (Aug. 26) and killed.
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 Ottokar III of Styria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ottokar III (1124 –December 31, 1164), was Margrave of Styria from 1129 until 1164.
He was the son of Leopold the Strong and father of Ottokar IV, the last of the dynasty of the Otakars.
Ottokar exercised seigniorage over natural resources of his realm, extended territorial rule and minted his own coins.
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 Carinthia and Styria
A large immigration of German settlers led to the assimilation of the original Slavic population in Carinthia, which 1335 became a part of the Habsburg dynasty's lands and thereafter was linked with Styria and Carniola during the repeated divisions of the Habsburg lands.
Styria was a part of the old Carinthia, which became a separate margraviate during the tenth century as the "Carinthian Mark".
The margraviate went 1056 to Ottokar I who styled himself as margrave of Steyr after the castle he had his residence in, this name then evolved to "Styria" (in German Steiermark).
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 Ottokar III of Styria - WikiLeasing.com
'Ottokar III' (1124 -December 31, 1164), was Margrave of Styria from 1129 until 1164.
He was the son of Leopold the Strong and father of Ottokar IV, the last of the ddnasty of the Otakars.
Ottokar exercised seigniorage over natural resources of his realm, extended territorial eule and minted his own coins.
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 f. The Holy Roman Empire. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Struggle with Ottokar, king of Bohemia, over the usurped imperial fiefs of Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola.
Rudolf expelled Ottokar from Austria by force (1276), but allowed him to retain Bohemia and Moravia (after homage) as a buffer against Slavdom.
Ottokar was ultimately defeated and killed (Aug. 26, 1278, Battle of the Marchfeld); investiture of Rudolf's sons with the imperial fiefs of Austria, Styria, and Carniola (1282) established the Habsburgs on the Danube.
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The Second Crusade was announced by Pope Eugene III, and was the first of the crusades to be led by European kings, namely Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, with help from a number of other important European nobles.
While still in Germany, St. Bernard also preached to Conrad III of Germany in November of 1146, but as Conrad was not interested in participating himself, Bernard continued onwards to preach in southern Germany and Switzerland.
Ottokar III of Styria joined Conrad at Vienna, and Conrad's enemy Geza II of Hungary was finally convinced to let them pass through unharmed.
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 Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ottokar IV (1163 – May 5, 1192) was Margrave of Styria and Duke from 1180 onwards, when Styria, previously a margraviate subordinated to the duchy of Carinthia, was raised to the status of an independent duchy.
He was the son of Ottokar III of Styria and the last of the dynasty of the Otakars.
He entered into the Georgenberg Pact with Leopold V of Austria in 1186, which brought Styria under joint rule with Austria after his death in 1192.
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 Virtual Vienna Net: Austria's History
When, in 1246, the childless Duke Friedrich II was killed in the Battle of the Leitha against the Magyars, his lands became the object of his neighbors' power politics.
From the end of the 13th century to the middle of the 15th century the Habsburgs expanded their territory by gaining the Duchy of Carinthia (1335), the Earldom of Tyrol and the "Windische Mark" (1365).
Following his untimely death during a battle against the Turks in 1439, Friedrich V (as emperor, Friedrich III) from the Tyrolean line of the Habsburgs began to rule in Austria and in the Holy Roman Empire.
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 CalendarHome.com - 1158 - Calendar Encyclopedia
Emperor Nijō ascends to the throne of Japan.
Margrave Ottokar III of Styria inherited the County of Pitten
Otto of Freising, German bishop and chronicler (born c.
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 All Empires History Forum: Notable Battles of Medieval Hungarians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
During the Mongol Invasion Frederick the Duke of Austria and Styria flmailed, „robbed” the Hungarian king Béla IV.
In 1260 Ottokar II of Bohemia defeated Béla IV in the battle of Kroissenbrunn (or the first battle of Marchfeld) and annexed the whole Babenberg legacy.
Rudolph was too weak to defeat Ottokar, so he tried to ally himself with Ladislaus IV of Hungary.
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 Austria Heads of State
After the death of her husband, Ottokar III (1124-29-64) she was regent for son Otokar IV (1164-92), Margrave of Styria (Steiermark).
Her son later became Duke and was the last of the Ottokar Line and the the territory was the inherited by the Barbenberg Dukes of Austria.
Daughter of Count Ulrich III von Pfirt and Jeanne de Bourgogne, and the heiress of vast lands in Austria and thereby added to the wealth of her husband, Albrecht von Habsburg, Count of Pfirt, Duke of Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and South Tyrol (1330-58).
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 Encyclopedia
By wresting the Babenberg inheritance—the duchies of Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola—from Ottokar II (c.
In 1282 he invested his successors with these duchies, which became the hereditary lands and center of the Habsburg domains, identified with Austria, which they ruled without interruption until 1918 as dukes, archdukes, and emperors.
(The hereditary title of archduke was instituted by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III in 1453.) Rudolf's son, Holy Roman Emperor Albert I, was assassinated in 1308, after which the imperial title was denied the Habsburgs for more than a century.
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 Second Crusade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Second Crusade was the first of the crusades to be led by European kings, namely Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany.
Fresco of Emperor Manuel I The French Crusaders departed from Metz in June, led by Louis, Thierry of Alsace, Renaut I of Bar, Amadeus III of Savoy, William VII of Auvergne, William III of Montferrat, and others, along with armies from Lorraine, Brittany, Burgundy, and Aquitaine.
Baldwin III unwisely seized Ascalon in 1153 and brought Egypt into the sphere of conflict, Thus preparing the way for the fall of Jerusalem.
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 Coat of arms: Province of Styria
When Styria became a dukedom twenty years later, the Traungau coat of arms was transferred to the „Green Province“.
In that year, the Marshall of Styria carried into battle a green banner showing a silver panther.
However, the Styrian panther does not have much in common with nature’s big cats – it has the head of a horse, the mane and tail of a lion, long, shaggy fur on its hind legs, red bull’s horns, and talons – and, in addition, it spits fire.
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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.
Son of Albrecht II; in Styria, Carinthia, and Tyrol; killed in battle against the Swiss
Son of Ernst; in Styria and Carinthia; Austria 1457 and Tyrol 1490 (Archduke 1453)
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It was built as a prestigious Baroque palace at the beginning of the 17th century by the statesman and imperial counsellor Hans-Ulrich von Eggenberg and today offers a festive setting for many cultural and social events.
Three quarters of all Austrian apples are harvested in Styria.
After Austria's accession to the European Union, Styria is now the south-easternmost region of the new Europe.
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Origins of the coat-of-arms: The first documentary evidence of the Styrian panther as a heraldic device dates from a ducal seal of Ottokar III from the 1260s.
History: A number of counties going back to the tenth century united in the eleventh and twelfth centuries to form a Margraviate and later (in 1180) a duchy.
It stipulated that, in the event of the Dukes of Styria dying out, their land would pass to Babenberg Duke Leopold V or his successors.
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1164 - Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b.
1460 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b.
1977 - Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait (b.
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- 1164 - Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b.
- 1302 - Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b.
- 1460 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b.
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The Duchy of Styria (;) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia.
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