Leopold V, Archduke of Austria
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Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (Graz, October 9, 1586 – September 13, 1632 in Schwaz, Tirol) was the son of Archduke Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria. He was Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg (until 1625) and Archduke of Further Austria including Tirol.
He was invested as bishop in 1598, as a child, even though he had not been ordained as a priest. From 1609 onwards he fought with his mercenaries in the Julian Dispute of Inheritance against Maximilian III, Archduke of Further Austria in Tirol, and 1611 for Rudolf II in Bohemia.
In 1619 upon the death of his kinsman and former rival, he became governor of Maximilian's inheritance: Further Austria and Tirol, where he attained the position of a sovereign, i.e Archduke of Further Austria from 1623 to 1630. He had the Custom House and the Jesuit Church be built in Innsbruck. He fought for the Veltlin and defended Tirol against the Swedes in 1632.
Ancestors
Leopold V, Archduke of Austria | Father: Charles II of Austria |
Paternal Grandfather: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Philip I of Castile |
Paternal Great-grandmother: Joanna of Castile | |||
Paternal Grandmother: Anna of Bohemia and Hungary |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary | ||
Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Foix-Candale | |||
Mother: Maria Anna of Bavaria |
Maternal Grandfather: Albert V, Duke of Bavaria |
Maternal Great-grandfather: William IV, Duke of Bavaria | |
Maternal Great-grandmother: Marie of Baden-Sponheim | |||
Maternal Grandmother: Anna of Austria |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor | ||
Maternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Bohemia and Hungary |
Issue
With his wife Claudia de' Medici, he became the founder of a sideline of the Habsburg family, which persisted until 1665 - the most recent line of Archdukes of Further Austria.
His children were:
- Maria-Eleonora 1627-1629
- Ferdinand Charles (1628-1662)
- Isabella-Clara 1629-1685 married Charles III, Duke of Mantua
- Maria Leopoldine (1632-1649) - married to Emperor Ferdinand III
- Sigismund Francis