Ernest the Iron
| Ernest | |
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| Duke of Austria | |
Portrait by Anton Boys, c. 1580
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| Spouse(s) | Margaret of Pomerania Cymburgis of Masovia |
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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 |
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| 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 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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