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  2. Frederick II, Duke of Austria - Wikipedia

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    Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 25 April 1211 – 15 June 1246), known as Frederick the Quarrelsome (Friedrich der Streitbare), was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 until his death. He was the fifth and last Austrian duke from the House of Babenberg , since the former margraviate was elevated to a duchy by the 1156 Privilegium Minus ...

  3. The Meeting of Frederick II and Joseph II in Neisse in 1769

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    The Meeting of Frederick II and Joseph II in Neisse in 1769 is an oil on canvas history painting by Adolph Menzel, executed in 1855–1857, showing the meeting of Frederick II of Prussia with Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor at Neisse on 25 August 1769. It is now in the Alte Nationalgalerie, in Berlin. [1]

  4. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia

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    Schipa, in the Cambridge Medieval History, considered Frederick II a “creative spirit” who had “no equal” in the centuries between Charlemagne and Napoleon, forging in Sicily and Italy “the state as a work of art” and laid the “fertile seeds of a new era.” [145] The noted Austrian cultural historian Egon Friedell saw Frederick ...

  5. Interregnum (Holy Roman Empire) - Wikipedia

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    In the Holy Roman Empire, the Great Interregnum (so-called to distinguish it from the longer period between 924 and 962) was a period of time, from approximately 1254 until 1273, following the throne dispute of Frederick II where the succession of the Holy Roman Empire was contested and fought over between pro- and anti-Hohenstaufen factions.

  6. Timeline of Austrian history - Wikipedia

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    Leopold I, Duke of Austria died. Frederick the Fair left the administration of the Holy Roman Empire to return to rule Austria and Styria. 1330: 13 January: Frederick the Fair died. He was succeeded by his younger brothers Albert II the Wise, the Lame, Duke of Austria and Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, ruling jointly as dukes of Austria and ...

  7. Frederick of Austria - Wikipedia

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    Frederick of Austria (Friedrich I. von Österreich) may refer to: Frederick I of Austria (Babenberg) (c. 1175 – 1198), of the Babenberg family, duke from 1195 to 1198; Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg) (c. 1289 – 1330) of the Habsburg family, duke from 1308 to 1330; Frederick II of Austria (1211–1246), Babenberg duke

  8. Cultural depictions of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

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    Schipa, in the Cambridge Medieval History, considered Frederick II a “creative spirit” who had “no equal” in the centuries between Charlemagne and Napoleon, forging in Sicily and Italy “the state as a work of art” and laid the “fertile seeds of a new era.” [8] The noted Austrian cultural historian Egon Friedell saw Frederick as ...

  9. Austro-Prussian rivalry - Wikipedia

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    Frederick receives homage from the Silesian estates, wall painting by Wilhelm Camphausen, 1882. The rivalry is largely held to have begun upon the death of the Habsburg Emperor Charles VI in 1740, King Frederick the Great of Prussia launched an invasion of Austrian-controlled Silesia, starting the First Silesian War (of three Silesian Wars to come) against Maria Theresa.