Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria
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Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665.
Portrait by Giovanni Maria Morandi, c. 1665
Further Austria
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Further Austria, Outer Austria or Anterior Austria was the collective name for the early possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-western Germany, including territories in the Alsace region west of the Rhine and in Vorarlberg.
Border stone of 1768 with the Austrian coat of arms and "V.O." ("Vorderösterreich"), Salhöhe, Switzerland