Agnes of Merania (1215–1263)
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Agnes of Merania was a member of the House of Andechs and an Austrian royal consort. By her two marriages, she was Duchess of Austria from 1230 until 1243 and Duchess of Carinthia from 1256 until her
Portrait in the Babenberg pedigree, Klosterneuburg Monastery
Seal of Agnes, Duchess of Austria
Frederick II of Austria
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Frederick II, known as Frederick the Quarrelsome, 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 margra
Agnes of Merania (1215–1263)
…Her younger sister Adelaide (d. 1279) married Count Hugh III of Chalon and succeeded her brother Otto as Countess of Burgundy. In 1229 she married Frederick of Babenberg, son and heir of Duke Leopold VI of Austria. Her husband, who was known as "the Quarrelsome", had just divorced his first wife Eudokia Laskarina…
Seal of Frederick, by God's grace Duke of Austria
Frederick's tomb in the Heiligenkreuz chapter hall