Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia
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Margaret of Austria, a member of the House of Babenberg, was German queen from 1225 until 1235, by her first marriage with King Henry (VII), and Queen of Bohemia from 1253 to 1260, by her second marriage with King Ottokar II.
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia
Duchess Margaret, Queen of Bohemia; Bärenhaut manuscript, Zwettl Abbey (c. 1310/20)
Epitaph in Lilienfeld Abbey
Henry (VII) of Germany
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Henry (VII) (1211 – 12 February 1242), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Sicily from 1212 until 1217 and King of Germany (formally Rex Romanorum) from 1220 until 1235, as son and co-ruler of Emperor Frederick II. He was the seventh Henry to rule Germany, but in order to avoid confusion with the Luxembourg emperor Henry VII, he is usually numbered Henry (VII).
Henry's seal (dated 1216) shows him as a mounted knight with a shield and banner displaying three leopards (three lions passant guardant [or reguardant]) as the Hohenstaufen coat of arms; the three lions (later shown just passant) would later become known as the Swabian coat of arms.
King Henry receives homage in Würzburg in 1234, from the 16th-century Bishop's Chronicle by Lorenz Fries
Henry (VII) following Conrad IV
Coat of arms Henry VII at death. Right under: '134v Death of Earl Thomas of Warwick Checky azyre and Or, a bend ermine'