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Regencies of William, Duke of Austria and Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (1404–1411) Succeeded as a minor, under guardianship of his Leopoldinian uncles. He was elected, in 1437–38, as King of Bohemia and King of Hungary , and also as King of Germany , beginning a three centuries long succession of Habsburg rulers as Kings of the Romans and ...
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. [1]
Duke of Austria 1298–1358: Henry the Friendly 1299–1327: Otto Duke of Austria 1301–1339: John Parricida c. 1290 –1312/1313 Albertinian line Leopoldian line: Rudolf IV Duke of Austria 1339–1365: Frederick III 1347–1362: Albert III Duke of Austria 1349–1395: Leopold III Duke of Austria 1351–1386: Frederick II Duke of Austria 1327 ...
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria [42] 9. Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily [44] 2. Franz Joseph I of Austria: 10. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria [45] 5. Princess Sophie of Bavaria [42] 11. Princess Caroline of Baden [45] 1. Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria: 12. Duke Pius August in Bavaria [46] 6. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria [43] 13.
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death in 1916. [1]
In 1414, he became the last Duke to be enthroned according to Carantanian traditional rite at the Prince's Stone in Carinthia, and from that time on called himself 'archduke'. He was the first Habsburg to actually use this title, which had been invented by his uncle Duke Rudolf IV .
This is a list of people who were heir apparent or heir presumptive to the Archduchy of Austria from when Leopold VI permanently unified the Archduchy in 1665 to the end of the monarchy in Austria-Hungary in 1918. Those heirs who succeeded are shown in bold. The position of heir to the Empire was often of great importance.
Rudolf IV (1 November 1339 – 27 July 1365), also called Rudolf the Founder (German: der Stifter), was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria (self-proclaimed archduke), Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as count of Tyrol from 1363 and as the first duke of Carniola from 1364 until his death.