Leopold III, Duke of Austria
1351 – 1386 · Generation IV · Duke of Austria (r. 1365–1386) · Counts & Dukes of Austria
Leopold (1351 – 1386). Duke of Austria (r. 1365–1386). Married Viridis in 1365. Founder of the Leopoldian line; killed at the Battle of Sempach. Known as “the Just,” he was born to a mother of fifty-one, Joanna of Pfirt, who died soon after his birth. On the death of his eldest brother Rudolf IV in 1365 he took up the government of the Habsburg dominions alongside his brother Albert III, and from 1379 ruled his own portion — the Inner Austrian duchies of Carinthia, Styria and Carniola, together with Tyrol and Further Austria.
One of 19 people of Counts & Dukes of Austria (1218–1496) in this archive. The counts who became dukes of Austria, before a Habsburg wore an imperial crown.
Line of descent: Rudolf I of Germany → Albert I of Germany → Albert II, Duke of Austria → Leopold III, Duke of Austria.
Parents
- Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298 – 1358)
- Joanna of Pfirt (1300 – 1351)
Siblings
- Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339 – 1365)
- Frederick III of Austria (1347 – 1362)
- Albert III, Duke of Austria (1349 – 1395)
Partners
- Married Viridis Visconti (1354 – 1414) in 1365 — 2 children together
Children
- Ernest, Duke of Austria (1377 – 1424)
- Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (1382 – 1439)
Life
- 1351 — Born
- 1365 — Married Viridis
- 1386 — Died