Leopold I, Duke of Austria
Leopold I (* August 4, 1290 in Vienna, † February 28, 1326 in Strasbourg ) was Duke of Austria and Styria. He is also known as The Glorwürdige or The Sword of Habsburg.
Life
Leopold I was born as the third son of King Albert I († 1308) and Elisabeth of Carinthia. After the death of his parents, he was the head of the Habsburg family. He was responsible for the administration of the Austrian Vorlande and he supported his brother Frederick the Handsome in the election of the German king against Louis of Bavaria. In the fight against the Swiss Confederates Leopold subject of Morgarten on 15 November 1315. After the defeat at Mühldorf 1322, known as the Battle of Ampfing, Leopold continued intensively for the release of his imprisoned brother, and even sent him the imperial regalia.
Progeny
From his marriage with Catherine of Savoy ( * btw 1297 and ~ 1305 † September 30, 1336 ), the daughter of Count Amadeus V of Savoy from the House of Savoy, closed in 1315, he had two daughters:
- Agnes (* 1315, † 1392 ) ∞ Duke Bolko ( Boleslaw ) II Schweidnitz (Silesia ), from the House of Piast
- Catherine ( * February 28, 1320; † 28 of September / October 1349 of the plague ) ∞ Enguerrand VI. de Coucy; her son was Enguerrand VII de Coucy (House Ghent)
- ∞ Count Konrad von Hardegg out of the house Querfurt
Reception
By the imperial resolution of Franz Joseph I of February 28, 1863 Leopold I was " famous, to the everlasting emulation worthy warlords and generals of Austria" in the list of added, in whose honor and remembrance also a life-size statue in the Feldherrenhalle of the then newly constructed kk Hofwaffenmuseums (now the Military History Museum Vienna) was built. The statue was created in 1870 by sculptor Josef Gasser Carrara marble, it was dedicated by Emperor Franz Joseph himself