1. Leopold V, Duke of Austria

    Leopold V, "the Virtuous", was a Babenberg duke of Austria from 1177 to 1194 and Styria from 1192 to 1194. Leopold was the son of Henry II Jasomirgott and his Byzantine wife Theodora Comnena. In 1172 he married Helena, daughter of King Géza II of Hungary, and their sons were Frederick I and Leopold VI. On August 17, 1186 the Georgenberg Pact was negotiated, by which Styria and the central part of Upper Austria were amalgamated into the Duchy of Austria after 1192.

  2. Leopold III, Duke of Austria

    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.

  3. Albert II, Duke of Austria

    Albert II of Austria (December 12, 1298 - August 16, 1358, known as "the Wise" or "the Lame") was Duke of Austria.

  4. Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria

    Rudolf IV "der Stifter" (the Founder) (November 1 1339 - July 27 1365) was a member of the House of Habsburg and Duke (self-proclaimed Archduke) of Austria from 1358 to 1365.

  5. Albert III, Duke of Austria

    Albert III of Austria (September 9, 1349-August 29, 1395), known as "Albert with the Pigtail" (German: "Herzog Albrecht III "mit dem Copfe"), was a duke of Austria and a member of the House of Habsburg.

  6. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor

    Frederick III of Habsburg (September 21 1415 - August 19, 1493) was elected as German King as the successor of Albert II in 1440. Born in Innsbruck, he was the son of Duke Ernest the Iron from the Leopoldinian line of the Habsburg family ruling Inner Austria, i.e. Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola, and of Ernest's wife Cymburgis of Masovia. As an Austrian Habsburg Duke, he became Frederick V in 1424.

  7. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

    Maximilian I of Habsburg (March 22, 1459 – January 12, 1519) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. He expanded the influence of the House of Habsburg through both war and marriage. He is often referred to as "The Last Knight".

  8. Henry II, Duke of Austria

    Heinrich (Henry) II, (1107 - January 13, 1177), Count Palatine of the Rhine, 1140-1141, Margrave of Austria from 1141 to 1156 and, as Heinrich (Henry) XI, also Duke of Bavaria from 1141 to 1156, Duke of Austria, 1156-1177, was a prince of the Babenberg dynasty. As the son of Markgrave Leopold III, he first became Count Palatine of the Rhine until being appointed Duke of Bavaria and Margrave of Austria when his brother Leopold IV unexpectedly died.

  9. Frederick II, Duke of Austria

    Frederick II, known as the Quarrelsome or the Warlike (German: "Friedrich der Streitbare"; 1201 - 15 June 1246), from the dynasty of the Babenbergers, was the duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 to 1246. He was the second, but the only surviving son of Duke Leopold VI and Theodora Angelina, a Byzantine princess. His first spouse was another Byzantine princess named Sophia Laskarina, of the Laskaris dynasty, …

  10. Leopold I, Duke of Austria

    Leopold I (August 4, 1290 - February 28, 1326) was a Duke of Austria and Styria from the Habsburg family. He was the third son of King Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Tirol. He was a brother of Duke Frederick III "the Handsome" (also King of the Romans). After the death of his parents, he became the head of the House of Habsburg. As the administrator of Further Austria, he incurred a decisive loss against the Swiss in the Battle of Morgarten in 1315.

  11. Albert II of Germany

    Albert II of Habsburg (August 10, 1397 - October 27, 1439), was King of the Romans (ruler of Germany within the Holy Roman Empire) from 1438 until his death. He was also King of Bohemia and Hungary and, as Albert V, Duke of Austria

  12. Leopold VI, Duke of Austria

    Leopold VI, "the Glorious" (1176 - July 28, 1230), from the House of Babenberg, was Duke of Austria from 1198 to 1230 and of Styria from 1194 to 1230. Leopold was the younger son of Duke Leopold V. In contravention of the provisions of the Georgenberg Pact, the Babenberg reign was divided after the death of Leopold V: Leopold's elder brother, Frederick I, was given the Duchy of Austria (corresponding roughly to modern Lower Austria and eastern Upper Austria), …

  13. Rudolf II, Duke of Austria

    Duke Rudolph II of Austria, titular "Duke of Swabia" (1270-May 10, 1290) was the younger son of Rudolph of Habsburg, from 1273 King of the Romans, and Gertrude of Hohenburg. In December 1282 he became Duke of Austria and Styria jointly with his brother Albert I. However, in the Treaty of Rheinfelden (June 1, 1283) he had to waive his share. He married 1289 Agnes of Bohemia (1269-96), daughter of Otakar II of Bohemia and had one son John.

  14. Frederick I, Duke of Austria

    Frederick I of Austria (c. 1175 - April 16, 1198), was a Duke of Austria from the Babenberg family. He was a son of Duke Leopold V and, in 1197 participated in Emperor Henry VI's crusade. He died on the return from Palestine. <br> <br>

  15. Elisabeth Of Tirol

    Elisabeth de Gorizia de Tirol de Carantania (c. 1262 - 28 October 1312) was Queen consort of the Holy Roman Empire and Duchess of Austria, etc.

  16. Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine

    Frederick IV (15 April 1282, Gondreville - 23 August 1329, in Paris), called the Fighter, was the duke of Lorraine from 1312 to his death. He was the son and successor of Theobald II and Isabella of Rumigny. On 18 October 1314, at the Diet of Frankfurt, the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire failed to elect as successor to Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, either the Hapsburg claimant, Frederick the Handsome, the duke of Austria, or the Wittelsbach, …

  17. Albert I of Germany I of Germany

    Albrecht I of Habsburg (July 1255 - May 1, 1308), sometimes named as Albert I, was King of Germany, Duke of Austria, and eldest son of German King Rudolph I of Habsburg and Gertrude of Hohenburg. The founder of the great house of Habsburg was invested with the duchies of Austria and Styria, together with his brother Rudolph II, in 1282. In 1283 his father entrusted him with their sole government, and he appears to have ruled them with conspicuous success.

  18. Vladislaus, Margrave Of Moravia

    Vladislaus, was Margrave of Moravia and heir to the Bohemian Kingdom of the Přemyslid dynasty. Vladislaus was born as the eldest son to Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia, and his wife Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, daughter of Philip of Swabia, King of Germany. His younger brother was the latter King Ottokar. As heir to the throne, his father appointed him Margrave of Moravia. His father, King Wenceslaus aimed at acquiring the neighbouring Duchy of Austria, …

  19. Rudolph I of Germany I of Germany

    Rudolph I, also known as Rudolph of Habsburg (German: "Rudolf von Habsburg", Latin "Rudolfus") May 1, 1218 - July 15, 1291) was King of Germany from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg family to a leading position among the German feudal dynasties.

  20. Frederick I of Austria I of Austria

    Frederick the Handsome or the Fair (c. 1289 - 13 January 1330), from the House of Habsburg, was the Duke of Austria as Frederick I and King of Germany as Frederick III. Frederick was the son of Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Tirol. After the death of his elder brother Rudolf and the assassination of his father in 1308, he became the ruler of Austria on behalf of himself and his younger brothers.

  21. Otto of Austria Otto Duke of Austria

    Otto the Merry (July 23, 1301 - February 17, 1339) was a Duke of Austria and the youngest son of Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Tirol. Otto was born in Vienna. He had two brothers, namely Frederick the Handsome and Albert II. From 1330 onwards, he ruled jointly with Albert. After the death of Henry of Carinthia, Emperor Louis the Bavarian gave Carinthia and the southern part of the Tyrol as an imperial fief on May 2, 1335, in Linz.

  22. Otto I, Duke of Saxony

    Otto or Oddo (c. 851 - 30 November 912), called the Illustrious ("der Erlauchte") by later authors, was the Duke of Saxony from 880 to his death. He was the younger son of Liudolf, Duke of Saxony, and his wife Oda, and succeeded his brother Bruno as duke after the latter's death in battle in 880. His dynasty, named after his father, is called the Liudolfing.

  23. Rudolph I of Bohemia I of Bohemia

    Rudolf I of Habsburg was King of Bohemia (1306–1307), Duke of Austria (as Rudolph III), and titular King of Poland 1306–1307. He was the son of Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Tirol. On May 25, 1300, he married Blanche, daughter of Philip III of France by his second wife Maria of Brabant. Their only daughter died young, and Blanche herself died in 1305.

  24. Ottokar II of Bohemia II of Bohemia

    Otakar II (c. 1230 - August 26, 1278) was a king of Bohemia (1253-1278). He was the second son of King Wenceslaus I of the Přemyslid dynasty, and through his mother, Kunigunde, was related to the Hohenstaufen family, being a grandson of the German king, Philip of Swabia. After the death of his older brother Vladislav in 1247, Otakar became the heir to the Bohemian throne and margrave of Moravia. In 1248, some discontented Bohemian nobles declared him as their sovereign.

  25. Herman of Austria Herman VI, Margrave of Baden

    Herman VI (c. 1226 - October 4, 1250) was Margrave of Baden from 1243 until his death. In 1248, he married Gertrud, the niece of the last male member of the Babenberg family, Duke Frederick II of Austria, and on the basis of that marriage claimed the Duchies of Austria and Styria. However, Herman and his son Frederick could not establish themselves in Austria. <br> <br>

  26. Wenceslaus I of Bohemia I of Bohemia

    Wenceslaus I Premyslid was King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253. Wenceslaus was the son of Ottokar I of Bohemia and Konstancia of Hungary. His maternal grandparents were Béla III of Hungary and his second wife Agnes of Antioch (Agnes de Châtillon), a daughter of Raynald of Chatillon and Constance of Antioch (joint princes of Antioch). He married Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, daughter of Philip of Swabia, King of Germany and Irene Angelina.