Born 1377 in Bruck an der Mur, Herzogtum Steiermark

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Died 10 Jun 1424 in Bruck an der Mur, Herzogtum Steiermark

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Ernst I Habsburg was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Ernst der Eiserne, Herzog von Österreich, Steiermark, Kärnten und Krain

Ernest the Iron, duke of Austria, duke of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola

Ernst was the third surviving son of Leopold III von Habsburg, Herzog von Österreich und Steiermark (Duke of Austria and Styria), and his wife Viridis (Verde) Visconti, and was born in 1377 at Bruck an der Mur, Steiermark.^[1]

He married firstly in 1392, in Bruck an der Mur, Margarete von Pommern, daughter of Duke Bogislaw V of Pomerania. The marriage was childless^[2]

He married secondly on 25 January 1412 in Krakow Cymburgis of Masovia, daughter of Siemowit IV and Alexandra of Lituania^[2]. They had nine children, 4 of whom reached adulthood:

1. Friedrich III., Emperor
2. Margarete, married Friedrich II, Duke of Saxony
3. Albrecht VI
4. Katharina married Karl I, margrave of Baden^[2].

Ernst der Eiserne died at Bruck an der Mur on 10 June 1424 and was buried in the Cistercian monastery of Rein near Graz^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.), Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue folge, Band I.1, Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Tafel 42.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Austria, chap. 4 Dukes of Austria (Habsburg) Ernst von Habsburg. Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website (accessed 2017).

See also:

• Ernest, Duke of Austria
• Ernst der Eiserne

• Lines of Succession,by Macaghan

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