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Sigismund, Archduke of Austria

Archduke of Austria

7 dated entries naming Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, drawn from 7 separate years between 1427 CE and 1496 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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15th century

  • 1427October 26 – Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)source
  • 1439June 24 – Sigismund of Habsburg becomes the new Duke of Austria upon the death of his father, Frederick IV.source
  • 1447August 13 – The Milanese War of Succession begins in Italy when Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan since 1412, dies from natural causes. In that Visconti had no male heir, he had bequeathed the Duchy to King Afonso V, ruler of the Kingdom of Naples (in Italy) and the Crown of Aragon (in Spain), as well as his son-in-law Francesco I Sforza and Sigismund, Archduke of Austria.source
  • 1460August 8 – Sigismund, the Duke of Austria, is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Pius II and has his domains placed under an interdict.source
  • 1469Sigismund of Austria sells Upper Alsace to Charles the Bold, in exchange for aid in a war against the Swiss.source
  • 1487March – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, largely on the poor advice of his counselors, declares war on Venice, and seizes silver mines in and around the Sugana Valley.source
  • 1496March 4 – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (b. 1427)source

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