!!!Ernst der Tapfere, Babenberger

b. 1027, 
d. near Homburg an der Unstrut (Germany), June 10, 1075, Babenberg, 
1055-1075 Margrave of Austria; followed his father  Adalbert in 1055 
and succeeded in uniting the marks of Bohemia and Hungary with the 
mark of Austria. During his time,  Kuenring officials began to 
colonize parts of the Waldviertel region of Lower Austria. At the 
beginning of the investiture conflict, E. supported Henry IV and fell 
in battle against the Saxons.



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