Leopold I, Duke of Austria

Leopold I
Duke of Austria, Duke of Styria
Duke1308–1326
Bornc. 1290
Died28 February 1326
Strasbourg
Spouse
(m. 1315)
IssueCatherine of Austria
Agnes of Austria
HouseHabsburg
FatherAlbert I of Germany
MotherElisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol

Leopold I (c. 1290 – 28 February 1326),[1] called The Glorious, was Duke of Austria and Styria – as co-ruler with his elder brother Frederick the Fair – from 1308 until his death. A member of the House of Habsburg, he was the third son of Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol,[2] a scion of the Meinhardiner dynasty.

  1. ^ Franziska Hälg-Steffen: Leopold I of Habsburg in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  2. ^ Wheatcroft 1996, p. 297.