Leopold IV, Duke of Austria

Leopold IV of the thickness ( * 1371, † June 3, 1411 in Vienna), from the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1386, 1396 (as Leopold II ) Count of Tyrol, in 1406 ducal regent of Austria.

Life

He was the second son of Leopold III. , Duke of Austria, Styria and Carinthia.

1386 to 1396 he was Duke of Austria. Between 1396 and 1406, during the reign of his elder brother William IV of the ambitious after the Treaty of Hollenburg with her cousin Albrecht, he was ducal Regent of Upper Austria (Tyrol and Vorlande ). After William's death, he was from 1406 to 1411 ducal Regent in Vienna for his minor nephew Albrecht V, later to become the Roman-German king. His successor was Friedrich in Tyrol, the. With the empty bag, previously Regent in the foreland

He was married to Catherine of Burgundy (* 1378, † 1425), daughter of Philip the Bold. The marriage remained childless.

Distribution of the hereditary lands in 1411

After his death in Vienna was released for the heirs of the Albertine line, Albrecht, who took his place as Duke of Austria, Leopold both remaining younger brothers ( Leopoldinische line) shared the Inner and Upper Austria: Ernst the Iron remained in Graz, Friedrich in Innsbruck.