!!!Leopold I., Habsburger, geb. 1290

b. Vienna, before Aug. 4, 1290, 
d. Strasbourg (France), Feb. 28, 1326, Habsburg, Duke of Austria and 
Styria, 3rd son of King  Albrecht I, brother of  Friedrich I (III). 
Head of the Habsburg family after his parents' death. As administrator 
of the south western dominions, defeated at  Morgarten in 1315 in 
battle against the Swiss. L. supported his brother Friedrich in his 
attempts to be elected king and after the defeat at Muehldorf in 1322 
intervened to free his captive brothers.

!Literature
G. Hoedl, Hzg. L., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1964; B. 
Hamann, Die Habsburger, %%sup 4/%1993; NDB.



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