Duchy of Austria
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The Duchy of Austria was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire, established in 1156 by the Privilegium Minus, when the Margraviate of Austria was detached from Bavaria and elevated to a duc
Leopold V is awarded the red-white-red banner by Emperor Henry VI, detail from the Babenberg Pedigree, Klosterneuburg
Habsburg domains in Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Tyrol and the surrounding regions circa 1350
Habsburg (orange), Luxembourg (violet) and Wittelsbach (green) dominions within the Holy Roman Empire, 14th century
Margraviate of Austria
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The Margraviate of Austria was a medieval frontier march, centered along the river Danube, between the river Enns and the Vienna Woods, within the territory of the modern Austrian provinces of Upper A
Duchy of Austria
…The Duchy of Austria was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire, established in 1156 by the Privilegium Minus, when the Margraviate of Austria (Ostarrîchi) was detached from Bavaria and elevated to a duchy in its own right. After the ruling dukes of the House of Babenberg became extinct in the…
The first mention of the word Ostarrîchi (996), the word is marked with a red circle.