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Ä. 005.jpg Portrait by Hans Burgkmair, about 1500 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) King of Germany (King of the Romans) Reign 2 February 1440 – 19 August 1493 Coronation 17 June 1442 Predecessor Albert II Successor Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor Reign 19 March 1452 – 19 August 1493 Coronation 19 March 1452 Predecessor Sigismund Successor Maximilian I Archduke of Austria Reign 23 November 1424 – 19 August 1493 Predecessor Ladislaus the Posthumous Successor Maximilian I Spouse Eleanor of Portugal Issue Maximilian I Kunigunde House Habsburg Father Ernest the Iron Mother Cymburgis of Masovia Born 21 September 1415 Innsbruck, Tyrol Died 19 August 1493 (aged 77) Linz, Austria Burial St. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna Religion Roman Catholicism Signature Frederick III (21 September 1415 – 19 August 1493), called the Peaceful, was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 until his death. Prior to his imperial coronation, he was hereditary Duke of Austria (as Frederick V) from 1424 and elected King of Germany (as Frederick IV) from 1440.[1] He was the first emperor of the House of Habsburg. In 1493, he was succeeded by his son Maximilian I after ten years of joint rule. Contents [hide] 1 Life 2 Personality 3 Politics 4 Marriage and children 5 Death 6 Heraldry 7 Ancestry 8 Notes 9 Sources Life[edit] Born in Innsbruck, he was the son of Duke Ernest the Iron of the Leopoldian line of the Habsburg family, the ruler of Inner Austria, i.e. the duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, and of Ernests wife Cymburgis of Masovia. He became duke of Inner Austria as Frederick V upon his fathers death in 1424. In 1440 he was elected German king as Frederick IV and in 1452 crowned Holy Roman Emperor as Frederick III by Pope Nicholas V. In 1452, at the age of 37, he married the 18-year-old Infanta Eleanor, daughter of King Edward of Portugal, whose dowry helped him to alleviate his debts and cement his power. In 1442, Frederick allied himself with Rudolf Stüssi, burgomaster of Zurich, against the Old Swiss Confederacy in the Old Zurich War (Alter Zürichkrieg). In 1448, he entered into the Vienna Concordat with the Holy See, which remained in force until 1806 and regulated the relationship between the Habsburgs and the Holy See. Frederick was the last Emperor to be crowned in Rome (his great-grandson Charles V was the last emperor to be crowned, but in Bologna). He opposed the reform of the Holy Roman Empire at that time and was barely able to prevent the electors from holding another election. Personality[edit] Fredericks style of rulership was marked by hesitation and a sluggish pace of decision making. The Italian humanist Enea Silvio Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II, who at one time worked at Fredericks court, described the Emperor as a person who wanted to conquer the world while remaining seated. Although this was regarded as a character flaw in older academic research, his delaying tactics are now viewed as a means of coping with political challenges in far-flung territorial possessions. Frederick is credited with having the ability to sit out difficult political situations patiently.[2] According to contemporary accounts, Frederick had difficulties developing emotional closeness to other persons, including his children and wife Eleanor. In general, Frederick kept himself away from women, the reasons for which are not known. As Frederick was rather distant to his family, Eleanor had a great influence on the raising and education of Fredericks children, and she therefore played an important role in the House of Habsburgs rise to prominence.[2] Politics[edit] Fredericks political initiatives were hardly bold, but they were still successful. His first major opponent was his brother Albert VI, who challenged his rule. He did not manage to win a single conflict on the battlefield against him, and thus resorted to more subtle means. He held his second cousin once removed Ladislaus the Posthumous, the ruler of the Archduchy of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, (born in 1440) as a prisoner and attempted to extend his guardianship over him in perpetuity to maintain his control over Lower Austria. Ladislaus was freed in 1452 by the Lower Austrian estates. He acted similarly towards his first cousin Sigismund of the Tyrolian line of the Habsburg family. Despite those efforts, he failed to gain control over Hungary and Bohemia in the Bohemian War (1468–1478) and was even defeated in the Austrian-Hungarian War (1477–1488) by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in 1485, who managed to maintain residence in Vienna until his death five years later (see Siege of Vienna (1485)). Ultimately, Frederick prevailed in all those conflicts by outliving his opponents and sometimes inheriting their lands, as was the case with Ladislaus, from whom he gained Lower Austria in 1457, and with his brother Albert VI, whom he succeeded in Upper Austria. These conflicts forced him into an anachronistic itinerant existence, as he had to move his court between various places through the years, residing in Graz, Linz and Wiener Neustadt. Wiener Neustadt owes him its castle and the New Monastery. Detail of Aeneas Piccolomini Introduces Eleonora of Portugal to Frederick III by Pinturicchio (1454–1513) Still, in some ways his policies were astonishingly successful. In the Siege of Neuss (1474–75), he forced Charles the Bold of Burgundy to give up his daughter Mary of Burgundy as wife to Fredericks son Maximilian. With the inheritance of Burgundy, the House of Habsburg began to rise to predominance in Europe. This gave rise to the saying Let others wage wars, but you, happy Austria, shall marry, which became a motto of the dynasty. The marriage of his daughter Kunigunde of Austria to Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, was another result of intrigues and deception, but must be counted as a defeat for Frederick. Albert illegally took control of some imperial fiefs and then asked to marry Kunigunde (who lived in Innsbruck, far from her father), offering to give her the fiefs as a dowry. Frederick agreed at first, but after Albert took over yet another fief, Regensburg, Frederick withdrew his consent. On January 2, 1487, however, before Fredericks change of heart could be communicated to his daughter, Kunigunde married Albert. A war was prevented only through the mediation of the Emperors son, Maximilian. In some smaller matters, Frederick was quite successful: in 1469 he managed to establish bishoprics in Vienna and Wiener Neustadt, a step that no previous Duke of Austria had been able to achieve. Fredericks personal motto was the mysterious string A.E.I.O.U., which he imprinted on all his belongings. He never explained its meaning, leading to many different interpretations being presented, although it has been claimed that shortly before his death he said it stands for Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan (English: All the world is subject to Austria.) It may well symbolise his own understanding of the historical importance and meaning of his rule and of the early gaining of the Imperial title.[2] Marriage and children[edit] Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal. Frederick had 5 children from his marriage with Eleanor of Portugal: Christoph (1455–1456) Maximilian (1459–1519), Holy Roman Emperor, married 1.1477 Mary of Burgundy (1457–1482), daughter of Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold 2.1494 Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), daughter of Duke of Milan Galeazzo Maria Sforza Helene (1460–1462) Kunigunde (1465–1520), married 1487 Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria Johannes (1466–1467) Death[edit] At the age of 77, Frederick III died at Linz when the amputation of his left leg caused him to bleed to death. His grave, built by Nikolaus Gerhaert von Leyden, in St. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna, is one of the most important works of sculptural art of the late Middle Ages. His amputated leg was buried with him. For the last ten years of Fredericks life, he and Maximilian ruled jointly.
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