Heinrich the Prudent (Friendly) ( German: Heinrich der Sanftmütige (der Freundliche) ; May 15, 1299 - February 3, 1327 ) - Duke of Austria and Styria (together with his brothers). The son of King Albrecht I of Habsburg and his wife Elizabeth of Carinthia.
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Biography
Since 1308, after the death of his father and older brother - Rudolph III - the Duke of Austria and Styria along with four brothers ( Frederick I , Leopold I , Albrecht II , Otton ).
In 1314 (the marriage contract of September 24) he married Countess Elizabeth von Firenburg, daughter of Robert II, Count von Firenburg. Their marriage was childless.
In 1322, at the Battle of Müldorf, he was captured with his brother Frederick, a contender for the royal throne. He spent several years in custody in the Czech castle Burglitz. Issued for a ransom of 3,000 ducats and a waiver of rights to Znamem, Castell, Laa and Whiter.
He was seriously ill and died on February 3, 1327.
Sources
- Constantin von Wurzbach: Habsburg, Heinrich der Sanftmüthige. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 6. Theil. Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1860, S. 276 f. (Digitalisat).
- Alfons Huber: Heinrich, Herzog von Oesterreich und Steiermark. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, S. 557 f.
- http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AUSTRIA.htm#AlbrechtIdied1308B