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Duchy of Austria

a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire, established in 1156 by the Privilegium Minus

17 dated entries naming Duchy of Austria, drawn from 15 separate years between 1112 CE and 1446 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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12th century

  • 1112Henry II (Jasomirgott), duke of Austria (d. 1177)source
  • 1127December 18 – Conrad III (with support of the imperial cities, Swabia and Austria) is elected and crowned as anti-king of Germany at Nuremberg.source
  • 1175Frederick I, duke of Austria (d. 1198)source
  • 1184January 2 – Theodora Komnene, duchess of Austriasource
  • 1193February 14 – King Richard I (the Lionheart), previously imprisoned on his return from the Third Crusade by Leopold V (the Virtuous), duke of Austria is handed over to Emperor Henry VI, and moved to Trifels Castle.source
  • 1198April 16 – Frederick I (the Catholic), duke of Austria (b. 1175)source
  • 1199Summer – After uncovering a plot against him, Emeric, King of Hungary defeats his brother Duke Andrew in a battle, forcing him into exile in Austria. Thereafter, border clashes occurs between Hungary and Austria.source
  • 1199December 25 – Helena of Hungary, duchess of Austriasource

13th century

  • 1211April 25 – Frederick II, duke of Austria and Styria (d. 1246)source
  • 1246June 15 – Battle of the Leitha River: Hungarian forces, under King Béla IV, defeat Duke Frederick II (the Quarrelsome) at the banks of the Leitha River. Frederick is killed (leaving no male heirs); the House of Babenberg is dissolved. Emperor Frederick II places the fiefs of Austria and Styria under his rule. This ends the Austrian claims to the western counties of Hungary.source
  • 1246June 15 – Frederick II, duke of Austria and Styria (b. 1211)source
  • 1276June – King Rudolf I of Germany declares war on his rival Ottokar II of Bohemia. After 6 months of campaigning, Ottokar surrenders all his lands (including Austria and Styria) except Bohemia and Moravia. Rudolf makes Vienna his capital, marking the beginning of the House of Habsburg, which will last until 1918.source
  • 1283June 1 – Treaty of Rheinfelden: The 11-year-old Rudolf II is forced to relinquish his claim on the Duchies of Austria and Styria to his elder brother, Albert I. According to the terms of the agreement, concluded at the Imperial City of Rheinfelden (modern Switzerland), Rudolf receives some territories in Further Austria in return.source

14th century

  • 1388April 9 – At the Battle of Näfels, the Canton of Glarus, in alliance with the Old Swiss Confederacy, decisively defeats the Duchy of Austria and the Habsburgs, despite being outnumbered 16 to one.source
  • 1389April 1 – Following the Battle of Sempach, a seven-year peace agreement is concluded between the Duchy of Austria and the Old Swiss Confederacy.source
  • 1394July 16 – The agreement between the Swiss Confederacy (the cantons of Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwaldeden) and the Duchy of Austria, originally signed on April 1, 1389, following the 1386 Battle of Sempach, is extended by amendment.source

15th century

  • 1446June 12 – An armistice between Duchy of Austria and the Swiss Confederation comes into force, ending the Old Zurich War.source

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