Leopold Saint III of Babenber, Margrave of Austria
1073-1136
Born: Klosterneuburg, Wien-Umgebung, Lower Austria, Austria
Died: Klosternburg, Niederhosterrich, Austria
1073-1136
Born: Klosterneuburg, Wien-Umgebung, Lower Austria, Austria
Died: Klosternburg, Niederhosterrich, Austria
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line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">Anschluss</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #eeeeee">World War II</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria_in_the_time_of_National_Socialism" title="Austria in the time of National Socialism">National Socialism</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #eeeeee">Post-war Austria</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Austria" title="Allied-occupied Austria">Allied-occupied Austria</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Second Austrian Republic</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: right"> <hr> <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Austria" title="Portal:Austria">Austria Portal</a></strong><br> <span class="noprint plainlinks navbar"><span style="white-space: nowrap; word-spacing: -0.12em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:History_of_Austria" title="Template:History of Austria"><span>v</span></a> <span><strong>·</strong></span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:History_of_Austria" title="Template talk:History of Austria"><span>d</span></a> <span><strong>·</strong></span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:History_of_Austria&action=edit" class="external text"><span>e</span></a></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> <p>Originally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, an apparent branch of the <strong>Babenbergs</strong> or <strong>Babenberger</strong> went on to rule Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976–1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg.</p> <tbody><tr> <td> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle"> [<a id="togglelink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#" class="internal">hide</a>] </span></div> <ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#One_or_two_families"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">One or two families</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#Popponids"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Popponids</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#The_Babenberg_feud"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">The Babenberg feud</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#Margraves_of_Austria"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Margraves of Austria</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#Elevation_to_dukes"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Elevation to dukes</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#The_rise_of_Babenberg_power"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">The rise of Babenberg power</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#The_Last_of_the_Babenbergs"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">The Last of the Babenbergs</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#Genetic_Legacy"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Genetic Legacy</span></a> <ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#Byzantine_Blood"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Byzantine Blood</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#The_Babenbergs_and_the_Habsburgs"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">The Babenbergs and the Habsburgs</span></a></li></ul> </li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#References"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li></ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: One or two families">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">One or two families</span> <p>The Babenberg family can be broken down into two distinct groups: 1) The <em>Franconian Babenbergs</em>, the so called <em>Elder House of Babenberg</em>, or <em>Popponids</em> out of which came the Hennebergs and the Counts of Schweinfurt. 2) <em>Austrian Babenbergs</em> which ruled Austria. The second group claimed to have originated from the first but scholars have not been able to verify that claim.</p> <div> <div style="width: 222px"><img class="thumbimage" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Altes_Rathaus_%28Bamberg%29_10.JPG/220px-Altes_Rathaus_%28Bamberg%29_10.JPG" alt="" width="220" height="132"> <div> <div><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11"></div> Cathedral hill in Bamberg, former ancestral seat of the Elder Babenbergs</div> </div> </div> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Popponids">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Popponids</span> <p>Like the French royal Capetian dynasty, the Elder Babenbergs descended from the Robertians. The earliest known Babenberg was one Poppo, maybe a descendant of the Frankish count Cancor. In the early 9th century he appeared as a count in the Grabfeld, a historic region in northeastern Franconia bordering on Thuringia. One of his sons, Henry, sometimes called margrave and duke in Franconia under King Charles the Fat of East Francia, fell fighting against the Normans in 886; another, Poppo, was margrave in Thuringia from 880 to 892, when he was deposed by King Charles successor Arnulf of Carinthia. The Popponids had been favoured by Charles the Fat, but Arnulf reversed this policy in favour of the rival family of the Conradines from the Lahngau in Rhenish Franconia.</p> <p>The leaders of the Babenbergs were the three sons of Duke Henry, who called themselves after their castle of Babenberg on the upper Main, around which their possessions centred. The city of Bamberg was built around the ancestral castle of the family.</p> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Babenberg feud">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">The Babenberg feud</span> <p>The rivalry between the Babenberg and Conradine families was intensified by their efforts to extend their authority in the region of the middle Main, and this quarrel, known as the "Babenberg feud", came to a head at the beginning of the 10th century during the troubled reign of the German king Louis the Child. In the battle of Fritzlar in 906, the Conradines won a decisive victory, although count Conrad the Elder fell in the battle. Two of the Babenberg brothers were also killed. The third, Adalbert of Prague, was summoned before the imperial court by the regent Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz, a partisan of the Conradines. He refused to appear, held his own for a time in his castle at Theres against the king's forces, but surrendered in 906, and in spite of a promise of safe-conduct by Hatto was beheaded.</p> <p>The Conradines became dukes of Franconia, while the Babenbergs lost their influence in Franconia.</p> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Margraves of Austria">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Margraves of Austria</span> <div> <div style="width: 402px"><img class="thumbimage" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Babenberger_Stammbaum.jpg/400px-Babenberger_Stammbaum.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="341"> <div> <div><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11"></div> The Babenberg family tree of Stift Klosterneuburg</div> </div> </div> <p>In 976 Leopold I, a member of the Babenberg family, who was a count in the Donnegau, is described as count of the Eastern March, a district not more than 60 miles in breadth on the eastern frontier of Bavaria which grew into the duchy of Austria. Leopold, who received the mark as a reward for his fidelity to the emperor Otto II during the Bavarian rising in 976, extended its area at the expense of the Hungarians, and was succeeded in 994 by his son Henry I. Henry, who continued his father's policy, was followed in 1018 by his brother Adalbert and in 1055 by his nephew, Ernest, whose marked loyalty to the emperors Henry II and Henry III was rewarded by many tokens of favour.</p> <p>The succeeding margrave, Leopold II, quarrelled with Henry III, who was unable to oust him from the mark or to prevent the succession of his son Leopold III in 1096. Leopold supported Henry, the son of Henry IV, in his rising against his father, but was soon drawn over to the emperor's side, and in 1106 married the daughter of emperor Henry IV, Agnes, widow of Frederick I of Swabia. He declined the imperial crown in 1125. His zeal in founding monasteries earned for him his surname "the Pious", and canonization by Pope Innocent VIII in 1485. He is regarded as the patron saint of Austria.</p> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elevation to dukes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Elevation to dukes</span> <p>One of Leopold's sons was Otto, bishop of Freising. His eldest son, Leopold IV, became margrave in 1136, and in 1139 received from the German king Conrad III the duchy of Bavaria, which had been forfeited by Henry the Proud. Leopold's brother Henry (surnamed Jasomirgott, allegedly from his favourite oath, "So help me God!") was made count palatine of the Rhine in 1140, and became margrave of Austria on Leopold's death in 1141. Having married Gertrude, the widow of Henry the Proud, he was invested in 1143 with the duchy of Bavaria, and resigned his office as count palatine. In 1147 he went on crusade, and after his return, renounced Bavaria at the instance of the new king Frederick I who gave the duchy of Bavaria to Henry the Lion of Saxony. As compensation for this, Austria, the capital of which had been transferred to Vienna in 1156, was elevated into a duchy in the Privilegium Minus.</p> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The rise of Babenberg power">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">The rise of Babenberg power</span> <p>The second duke was Henry's son Leopold V, who succeeded him in 1177 and took part in, the crusades of 1182 and 1190. In Palestine he quarrelled with Richard I of England, captured him on his homeward journey and handed him over to the emperor Henry VI. Leopold increased the territories of the Babenbergs by acquiring Styria under the will of his kinsman Duke Ottokar IV. He died in 1194, and Austria fell to one son, Frederick, and Styria to another, Leopold; but on Frederick's death in 1198 they were again united by Duke Leopold VI, surnamed "the Glorious".</p> <p>The new duke fought against the infidels in Spain, Egypt and Palestine, but is more celebrated as a lawgiver, a patron of letters and a founder of towns. Under him Vienna became the centre of culture in Germany and the great school of Minnesingers. His later years were spent in strife with his son Frederick, and he died in 1230 at San Germano, now re-named Cassino, whither he had gone to arrange the peace between the emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX.</p> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Last of the Babenbergs">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">The Last of the Babenbergs</span> <p>Frederick II, Leopold VI's son by Theodora Angelina, succeeded his father as duke upon the elder man's death in 1230. Frederick II soon earned the epithet "the Quarrelsome" as a result of his ongoing disputes with the kings of Hungary and Bohemia and with the Holy Roman Emperor, also named Frederick II. The Austrian Frederick II deprived his mother and sisters of their possessions, was hated by his subjects on account of his oppressive rule, and, in 1236, was placed under the imperial ban and driven from Austria. However, he was later restored to his duchy when the Emperor Frederick II was excommunicated. Subsequently, the Austrian Frederick II treated with the Emperor Frederick II in vain to make Austria a kingdom.</p> <p>The male line of the Babenbergs became extinct in 1246, when Frederick II "the Quarrelsome" was killed in battle (the Henneberg branch of the Franconian Babenbergs lived on until 1583 when its lands where divided among the two branches of the Wettin family).</p> <p>His heir general was Gertrude of Austria, the only child of his late elder brother, Henry of Austria by that man's wife, Agnes of Thuringia. However, neither her husbands or her son succeeded in settling the Babenberg inheritance under their power.</p> <p>After some years of struggle known as the <em>Interregnum</em>, the Duchies of Austria and Styria fell to Otakar II of Bohemia, and subsequently to Rudolph I of Habsburg, whose descendants were to rule Austria until 1918.</p> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Genetic Legacy">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Genetic Legacy</span> <div> <div style="width: 222px"><img class="thumbimage" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Austria_coat_of_arms_simple.svg/220px-Austria_coat_of_arms_simple.svg.png" alt="" width="220" height="240"> <div> <div><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11"></div> Coat of arms of the Babenberg, later used by the Habsburgs and today's coat of arms of Austria. The red-white-red is also reflected in the flag.</div> </div> </div> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Byzantine Blood">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Byzantine Blood</span> <p>All the Babenberg dukes from Leopold V onward were descended from Byzantine emperors - Leopold's mother, Theodora Komnene, being a granddaughter of the Emperor, John II Komnenos. Subsequently, Leopold V's younger son, Leopold VI, also married a Byzantine princess (Theodora Angelina), as did his youngest son (by Theodora), Frederick II, who married <em>Sophia Laskarina</em>.</p> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Babenbergs and the Habsburgs">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">The Babenbergs and the Habsburgs</span> <p>The next dynasty in Austria - the Habsburgs - were originally not descendants of the Babenbergs. It was not until the children of Albert I of Germany that the Babenberg blood was brought into the Habsburg line, though this blood was from the pre-ducal Babenbergs. A side effect of this marriage was the use of the Babenberg name <em>Leopold</em> by the Habsburgs for one of their sons.</p> <p>The Habsburgs did eventually gain descent from the Babenberg dukes, though at different times. The first Habsburg line to be descended from the Babenbergs was the <em>Albertine</em> line. This was achieved through the marriage of Albert III, Duke of Austria to Beatrix of Nuremberg. As such, their son, Albert IV, Duke of Austria, was the first Habsburg duke who was descended from the Babenberg dukes. However, the male line of that branch of the Habsburgs died out in 1457 with Ladislas V Posthumus of Bohemia.</p> <p>The next Habsburg line to gain Babenberg blood was the <em>Styrian</em> line, which occurred with the children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, the latter of whom descended from Babenberg dukes. It was actually from Elizabeth of Austria, the sister of Ladislas V Posthumus of Bohemia, that the Styrian line gained their Babenberg blood.</p> <p>The <em>Spanish</em> line was the last Habsburg line to gain Babenberg blood. Again it was via the previous Habsburg line to gain Babenberg blood (i.e. the Styrian) that the Spanish Habsburg gained their descent from the Babenbergs - Anna of Austria, the wife of Philip II of Spain and mother of Philip (from whom all subsequent Spanish Habsburgs were descended), was a male-line granddaughter of Ferdinand and Anna. As a result, after 1598, all Habsburg males descended from the Babenberg Dukes.</p> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">See also</span> <ul><li>List of rulers of Austria</li><li>Slavnik's dynasty</li><li>House of Henneberg - Henneberg portion of <em>Franconian Babenbergs</em> and early Babenberg origins</li><li>Senior Capets</li><li>March of Neustria</li><li>Duke of Brittany</li></ul> <span class="editsection">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Babenberg&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">References</span> <ul><li><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" alt="" width="12" height="13"> <span>Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Babenberg". <em>Encyclopædia Britannica</em> (11th ed.). 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The Legend of St Leopold St Leopold III 'the Good' (1073-1136) was a member of the Babenburg dynasty (the dominant ruling house in Austria before the Habsburgs) and, from 1095, the Margrave of Austria. As well as consolidating Babenburg power and promoting peace, St Leopold is chiefly remembered as a founder of monasteries - Heiligenkreuz, Kleinmarazell, Seitenstetten and (most importantly) Klosterneuburg, which became his residence and (eventually) his final resting place. In fact my guest bedroom was almost directly above the chapel where his relics are kept, so I developed quite a devotion to him during my stay! <p></p><p>The legend of the founding of Klosterneuburg is a particularly charming one. St Leopold married Agnes, an influential lady in her own right as the widow of Frederick I of Swabia and the mother of Conrad, the future King of Germany (she was thus the mother of the Staufer dynasty). On the day of the wedding, a gust of wind blew her veil from her head as the happy couple were standing on a balcony of their hilltop castle at Leopoldsburg. A careful search was unable to retrieve it but Leopold made a vow that if he found the veil he would thank the Lord by building a church on the spot. </p><p></p><p>Nine years later (in 1114) he found the veil in an elderberry tree while on a hunting expedition. As can be seen in the painting above, Our Lady appeared and ordered the building of what would become Stift Klosterneuburg. </p><p>The <em>Schleierlegende</em> ('Legend of the Veil') is picturesque but full of historical inaccuracies - at the time of the wedding there was no castle on the Leopoldsburg and there was already a settlement at Klosterneuburg (in fact, there has been a human presence here since the Stone Age). The legend is only first mentioned in written form in 1371 and has since been much celebrated in art. But that's not to say that we should disregard the legend. The essential truth is that Klosterneuburg owes its foundation to Leopold and Agnes - and, given it is the story of a noblewoman's veil, perhaps Agnes played a central role. </p><p>The veil and parts of the elderberry bush are still kept in the Stift's <em>Schatzkammer</em> (Treasury) - the latter formerly being kept in the centre of the magnificent branched candlestick, donated to the Stift by its founders (below). </p><p></p><p>Ever since St Leopold's canonisation in 1485, his feast (15th November) has been a red letter day at Klosterneuburg, when his relics are displayed for public veneration (you can see his skull, dressed in the archdukal crown, in the picture below). Devotees traditionally slide down the side of a giant wine barrel (<em>Binderstadel</em>) that is kept in the monastery cellar and holds 56,000 litres - the ceremony is called <em>Fasselrutschen</em>. 'Where the Catholic sun doth shine there is laughter and good red wine.' </p><p></p><br><br>
<p><strong>*Leopold III "The Saint" von Babenberg Margrave of Austria<br></strong>born about 1084 Klosterneuburg, Niederosterreich, Austria<br>died 15 November 1136<br>buried Abbey of Klosternburg, Niederosterrich, Austria<br><br>father:<br><strong>*Leopold II "der Schöne" Margrave of Austria<br></strong>born about 1055 Tulln, Niederosterreich, Austria<br>died 12 October 1096<br><br>mother:<br><strong>*Ida Countess of Cham<br></strong>born about 1060 Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria<br>died after 1101<br>married about 1065 Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria<br><br>siblings:<br><strong>Gerberge or Helbirg Princess of Austria</strong> born about 1075 Wien, Austria died 13 July 1142<br><strong>Adelheid Princess of Austria</strong> born about 1078 Tulln, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 14 June<br><strong>Jutte Princess of Austria</strong> born about 1082 Tulln, Niederosterreich, Austria<br><strong>Eufemie Princess of Austria</strong> born about 1086 Wien, Austria died 16 April <br><strong>Sofie Princess of Austria</strong> born about 1088 Wien, Austria died 2 May 1154<br><strong>Ida Princess of Austria</strong> born about 1076 Wien, Austria died 14 April 1115<br><strong>*Elisabeth Princess of Austria</strong> born about 1080 Wien, Austria died 10 October 1107/11<br><br>spouse:<br><strong>*Agnes von Franconia Princess of the Holy Roman Empire<br></strong>born 1074<br>died 24 September 1143<br>married about 1106 Klosterneuburg, Niederoesterreich, Austria<br><br>children:<br><strong>Adalbert Prince of Austria<br></strong>born 3 February 1107 Klosterneuburg, Niederoesterreich, Austria died 9 January 1137<br><strong>Leopold IV Markgraf of Aaustria<br></strong>born 1108 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 18 October 1141<br><strong>Otto Prince of Austria<br></strong>born 15 December 1109 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 22 September 1158<br><strong>Jèutte Princess of Austria<br></strong>born about 1110 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 22 November 1164<br><strong>*Agnes von Babenberg Princess of Austria<br></strong>born about 1111 Wien, Austria died after 25 January 1157<br><strong>Heinrich II Duke of Austria<br></strong>born about 1112 Wien, Austria died 13 January 1177 Schottenkloster buried Wien, Austria<br><strong>Ernst Prince of Austria<br></strong>born 1113 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 23 January 1136/37<br><strong>*Jutta von Babenberg Princess of Austria<br></strong>born about 1115 Klosterneuburg, Niederoesterreich, Austria died after 18 October 1168<br><strong>Konrad Prince of Austria<br></strong>born 1120 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 28 September 1168<br><strong>Elisabeth Princess of Austria<br></strong>born 1123 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 20 May 1143<br><strong>*Berthe von Babenberg Princess of Austria<br></strong>born about 1124 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died after 11 April 1145<br><strong>Gertrud Princess of Austria<br></strong>born 23 February 1119 Wien, Austria died 4 August 1150<br><br>biographical and/or anecdotal:<br><br>notes or source:<br>LDS </p>
<p><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">*Leopold III "The Saint" von Babenberg Margrave of Austria<br></strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born about 1084 Klosterneuburg, Niederosterreich, Austria</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">died 15 November 1136</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">buried Abbey of Klosternburg, Niederosterrich, Austria</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">father: </span><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Leopold II "der Schöne" Margrave of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born about 1055 Tulln, Niederosterreich, Austria</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">died 12 October 1096</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">mother: </span><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Ida Countess of Cham</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born about 1060 Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">died after 1101</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">married about 1065 Cham, Oberpfalz, Bavaria</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">siblings:</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Gerberge or Helbirg Princess of Austria</strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"> born about 1075 Wien, Austria died 13 July 1142</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Adelheid Princess of Austria</strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"> born about 1078 Tulln, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 14 June</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Jutte Princess of Austria</strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"> born about 1082 Tulln, Niederosterreich, Austria</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Eufemie Princess of Austria</strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"> born about 1086 Wien, Austria died 16 April </span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Sofie Princess of Austria</strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"> born about 1088 Wien, Austria died 2 May 1154</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Ida Princess of Austria</strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"> born about 1076 Wien, Austria died 14 April 1115</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Elisabeth Princess of Austria</strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"> born about 1080 Wien, Austria died 10 October 1107/11</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">spouse: </span><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Agnes von Franconia Princess of the Holy Roman Empire</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born 1074</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">died 24 September 1143</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">married about 1106 Klosterneuburg, Niederoesterreich, Austria</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">children:</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Adalbert Prince of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born 3 February 1107 Klosterneuburg, Niederoesterreich, Austria died 9 January 1137</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Leopold IV Markgraf of Aaustria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born 1108 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 18 October 1141</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Otto Prince of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born 15 December 1109 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 22 September 1158</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Jèutte Princess of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born about 1110 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 22 November 1164</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">*Agnes von Babenberg Princess of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born about 1111 Wien, Austria died after 25 January 1157</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Heinrich II Duke of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born about 1112 Wien, Austria died 13 January 1177 Schottenkloster buried Wien, Austria</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Ernst Prince of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born 1113 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 23 January 1136/37</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">*Jutta von Babenberg Princess of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born about 1115 Klosterneuburg, Niederoesterreich, Austria died after 18 October 1168</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Konrad Prince of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born 1120 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 28 September 1168</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Elisabeth Princess of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born 1123 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 20 May 1143</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">*Berthe von Babenberg Princess of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born about 1124 Klosterneuburg, Niederèosterreich, Austria died after 11 April 1145</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><strong style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">Gertrud Princess of Austria</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">born 23 February 1119 Wien, Austria died 4 August 1150</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">biographical and/or anecdotal:</span></p> <p><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">notes or source:</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;">LDS</span></p>
Saint Leopold III <dt title="other names and titles by which Saint Leopold the Good is known"><em>Also known as</em></dt><dd> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> Leopold the Good<br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> Leopold the Valiant<br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> Leopold of Austria<br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> Leopold the Saint </dd><dt><em>Memorial</em></dt><dd><a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/day1115.htm" title="feasts and memorials of 15 November">15 November</a> </dd><dt title="brief biography of Saint Leopold"><em>Profile</em></dt><dd>Grandson of Emperor Henry III. <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00954.htm" title="patrons of grandfathers">Grandfather</a> of <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd03389.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'Frederick Barbarossa'">Frederick Barbarossa</a>. Educated by <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00237.htm" title="patrons of bishops">bishop</a> Altman of <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst02043.htm" title="patrons of Passau, Germany">Passau</a>. At age 23 he succeeded his <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00277.htm" title="patrons of fathers">father</a> as margrave (military governor) of <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00048.htm" title="patrons of Austria">Austria</a>. <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd05175.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'marriage'">Married</a> to Agnes, <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00769.htm" title="patrons of widows">widowed</a> daughter of Emperor <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd03883.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'Henry IV'">Henry IV</a>. She brought two <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00133.htm" title="patrons of children">children</a> into the <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00456.htm" title="patrons of second marriages">marriage</a>, and they had <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00273.htm" title="patrons of large families">eighteen</a>of their own, eleven of whom survived. Father of Otto of <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst02053.htm" title="patrons of the archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Germany">Freising</a>, who wrote Leopold's biography, and of Duke Henry II of <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00048.htm" title="patrons of Austria">Austria</a>, and step-father to <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00408.htm" title="patrons of kings">King</a> Conrad III of Germany. Founded <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd06144.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'Benedictines'">Benedictine</a>, <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst01488.htm" title="patrons of Cistercians">Cistercian</a> and <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd03907.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'Augustinians'">Augustinian</a> houses in <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/year1106.htm" title="events of 1106">1106</a>, and others later in life; houses in Heiligenkreuz, Klosterneuburg, and Mariazell still exist. Defeated the Hungarians to defend his homeland. Arranged the <em>Concordat of Worms</em> in <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/year1122.htm" title="events of 1122">1122</a>, an agreement that ended the battle over royal versus ecclesiastical <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd04235.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'investiture'">investiture</a>. Refused the throne of the Holy Roman Emperor in <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/year1125.htm" title="events of 1125">1125</a>. Active in support of the <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd02481.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'First Crusade'">First Crusade</a>. </dd><dt title="birth information for Saint Leopold"><em>Born</em></dt><dd><a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/year1073.htm" title="events of 1073">1073</a> at Melk, <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst01317.htm" title="patrons of Lower Austria">Lower Austria</a>, <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00048.htm" title="patrons of Austria">Austria</a> </dd><dt title="death information for Saint Leopold"><em>Died</em></dt><dd><a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/year1136.htm" title="events of 1136">1136</a> at the <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd00014.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'abbey'">abbey</a> of Klosternburg, Niederosterrich, <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00048.htm" title="patrons of Austria">Austria</a> of natural causes </dd><dt title="canonization information for Saint Leopold"><em>Canonized</em></dt><dd><a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/year1486.htm" title="events of 1486">1486</a> by <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00824.htm" title="patrons of popes">Pope</a> <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pope0213.htm" title="patron saints index entry for Pope Innocent VIII">Innocent VIII</a> </dd><dt title="areas of patronage for Saint Leopold"><em>Patronage</em></dt><dd> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00048.htm" title="patrons of Austria">Austria</a> (so named in <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/year1663.htm" title="events of 1663">1663</a>)<br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00201.htm" title="patrons against the death of children">death of children</a><br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00273.htm" title="patrons of large families">large families</a><br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst01317.htm" title="patrons of Lower Austria">Lower Austria</a><br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00685.htm" title="patrons of step-parents">step-parents</a><br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst01323.htm" title="patrons of Upper Austria">Upper Austria</a> </dd><dt title="sybols, emblems and depictions of Saint Leopold in art"><em>Representation</em></dt><dd> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> man armed count with a cross on his coronet, a banner with three <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd02907.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'eagle'">eagles</a>, and a model of the church of Heiligenkreuz in his hand<br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> man before the <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/saintbvm.htm" title="patron saints index entry for the Blessed Virgin Mary">Blessed Virgin Mary</a> and <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd07466.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'saints'">Saint</a> <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/sainta03.htm" title="patron saints index entry for Saint Anne">Anne</a><br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> man hunting with his <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00181.htm" title="patrons of courtiers">courtiers</a>, and finding his wife's veil near the <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd05541.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'monastery'">monastery</a> of Klosterneuburg<br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> with <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd07466.htm" title="New Catholic Dictionary entry for 'saints'">Saint</a> <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/saintj06.htm" title="patron saints index entry for Saint Jerome">Jerome</a><br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> with his building Klosterneuburg<br> <img src="http://saints.sqpn.com/dot.gif" alt=""> with the <a href="http://saints.sqpn.com/saintbvm.htm" title="patron saints index entry for the Blessed Virgin Mary">Blessed Virgin Mary</a> appearing to him while he hunts, and with a veil nearby </dd><dt title="links to sites devoted to or with information about Saint Leopold"><em>Additional Information</em></dt><dd><a href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Catholicism/Saints/L/Saint_Leopold_the_Good/">Google Directory</a></dd>