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Frederick the Catholic was born in 1175, the son of Duke Leopold V of Austria and Helena of Hungary. In 1192, he was enfeoffed with his father with Austria and Styria, while the younger Leopold VI had no claim. On Leopold V's death-bed, at Graz, he caught all by surprise by granting the Duchy of Styria to Leopold VI, with Emperor Henry VI's ...
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 ...
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
That title was only officially recognized in 1453 by Emperor Frederick III, the ruler of Austria himself. [19] Frederick himself used just "Duke of Austria", never Archduke, until his death in 1493. The title was first granted to Frederick's younger brother, Albert VI of Austria (died 1463), who used it at least from 1458.
Frederick was the youngest son of Duke Leopold III (1351–1386) and his wife Viridis (d. 1414), [1] a daughter of Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan.According to the 1379 Treaty of Neuberg, his father ruled over the Habsburg Inner Austrian territories of Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, as well as over Tyrol and the dynasty's original Further Austrian possessions in Swabia.
Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772.
Gertrude of Austria (also named Gertrude of Babenberg) (c. 1226 – 24 April 1288) was a member of the House of Babenberg, Duchess of Mödling and later titular Duchess of Austria and Styria. She was the niece of Duke Frederick II of Austria , the last male member of the Babenberg dynasty. [ 1 ]