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Ernest of Austria (Habsburg)

Ernest
Duke of Austria
Ernest the Iron.jpg
Portrait, c. 1580
Spouse(s) Margaret of Pomerania
Cymburgis of Masovia
Issue
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Margaret
Albert VI, Archduke of Austria
Alexander of Austria
Rudolf of Austria
Catherine of Austria
Leopold of Austria
Anna of Austria
Ernest of Austria
Noble family House of Habsburg
Father Leopold III, Duke of Austria
Mother Viridis Visconti
Born 1377
Bruck an der Mur, Styria
Died 10 June 1424(1424-06-10)
Bruck an der Mur

Ernest the Iron (German: Ernst der Eiserne; 1377 – June 10, 1424), a member of the House of Habsburg, ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1406 until his death. He was head of the Habsburg Leopoldian line from 1411.

Ernest was born in Bruck an der Mur in Styria, the third son of Duke Leopold III of Austria (1351–1386) and his consort Viridis Visconti (d. 1414), a daughter of Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan. Shortly after his birth, his father and his uncle Albert III divided the Habsburg lands by the 1379 Treaty of Neuberg: while Albert and his Albertinian descendants would rule over the Duchy of Austria proper, the Leopoldian line received the Inner Asutrian states of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola with the remaining March of Istria, as well as Tyrol and the Further Austrian possessions. After Leopold's death in the 1386 Battle of Sempach, young Ernest and his brothers William, Leopold IV and Frederick IV remained under the guardianship of their uncle Albert III.


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