Leopold V, Archduke of Austria
| Leopold V | |
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| Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg | |
Portrait by Joseph Heintz the Elder, c. 1604
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| Archduke of Further Austria | |
| Reign | 1623 – 13 September 1632 |
| Predecessor | Maximilian III (1618) |
| Successor | Ferdinand Charles |
| Born | 9 October 1586 Graz, Duchy of Styria, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 13 September 1632 (aged 45) Schwaz, County of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire |
| Spouse | Claudia de' Medici (m. 1626) |
| Issue | Maria-Eleonora of Austria Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria Isabella Clara, Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria Maria Leopoldine, Holy Roman Empress |
| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Charles II, Archduke of Austria |
| Mother | Maria Anna of Bavaria |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (9 October 1586 – 13 September 1632) was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria. He was Prince-Bishop of Passau and of Strasbourg, until he resigned to get married, and Archduke of Further Austria including Tyrol.
Biography
Leopold was born in Graz, and was invested as bishop in 1598, as a child, even though he had not been ordained as a priest; he became Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg in 1607, a post which he held until 1626. From 1609 onwards he fought with his mercenaries in the War of the Jülich succession (Archduke Leopold in the War of the Jülich Succession), and in the Brothers' Quarrel within the Austrian Habsburg dynasty against his first cousin Maximilian III, Archduke of Further Austria in Tyrol, and from 1611 for his first cousin Rudolf II in Bohemia. In 1614, he financed the construction of the Church of the Jesuit College of Molsheim, within which his coat of arms is still prominently displayed.
In 1619, upon the death of his kinsman and former rival, he became governor of Maximilian's inheritance: Further Austria and Tyrol, where he attained the position of ruler as Archduke of Further Austria from 1626 to his death in 1632. In 1626 he resigned his ecclesiastical positions and married Claudia de' Medici. He had the custom house and the Jesuit church built in Innsbruck. He fought for the Veltlin and defended Tyrol against the Swedes in 1632. He died in Schwaz, Tyrol.
Issue
With his wife Claudia de' Medici, he became the founder of a sideline of the Habsburg family, which persisted until 1665 - the most recent line of Archdukes of Further Austria.
His children were:
- Maria-Eleonora 1627–1629
- Ferdinand Charles (1628–1662); married Anna de' Medici
- Isabella Clara (1629–1685); married Charles III, Duke of Mantua
- Sigismund Francis (1630-1665); married Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
- Maria Leopoldine (1632–1649); married Emperor Ferdinand III
Ancestors
- Ancestors of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria
- 8. Philip I of Castile[1][2] (= 28)
- 4. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor[3] (=14)
- 9. Joanna of Castile[2] (= 29)
- 2. Charles II, Archduke of Austria
- 10. Vladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary[4] (= 30)
- 5. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary[3] (=15)
- 11. Anna of Foix-Candale[4] (= 31)
- 1. Leopold V, Archduke of Austria
- 12. William IV, Duke of Bavaria[5]
- 6. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria[6]
- 13. Marie of Baden-Sponheim[5]
- 3. Maria Anna of Bavaria
- 14. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor[7] (= 4)
- 7. Anna of Austria[6]
- 15. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary[7] (= 5)
Male-line family tree
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House of Habsburg[8] - Original line
- Albert
Count of Habsburg
c. 1188–1239 - Rudolf I
of Germany
c. 1218–1291 - Albert I
of Germany
1255–1308 — Hartmann
1263–1281 — Rudolf II
Duke of Austria
1270–1290 - Rudolf I
of Bohemia
1281–1307 — Frederick
the Fair
c. 1289–1330 — Leopold I
Duke of Austria
1290–1326 — Albert II
Duke of Austria
1298–1358 — Henry
the Friendly
1299–1327 — Otto
Duke of Austria
1301–1339 — John
Parricida
c. 1290–1312/1313 - Albertinian line — Leopoldian line
- Rudolf IV
Duke of Austria
1339–1365 — Frederick III
1347–1362 — Albert III
Duke of Austria
1349–1395 — Leopold III
Duke of Austria
1351–1386 — Frederick II
Duke of Austria
1327–1344 — Leopold II
Duke of Austria
1328–1344 - Albert IV
Duke of Austria
1377–1404 — William
Duke of Austria
c. 1370–1406 — Leopold IV
Duke of Austria
1371–1411 — Ernest
Duke of Austria
1377–1424 — Frederick IV
Duke of Austria
1382–1439 - Albert II
of Germany
1397–1439 — Frederick III
HRE
1415–1493 — Albert VI
Archduke of Austria
1418–1463 — Sigismund
Archduke of Austria
1427–1496 - Ladislaus
the Posthumous
1440–1457 — Maximilian I
HRE
1459–1519 - Philip I
of Castile
1478–1506 - Spanish / Iberian line — Austrian / HRE line
- Charles V
HRE
1500–1558 — Ferdinand I
HRE
1503–1564 - Philip II
of Spain
1527–1598 — Maximilian II
HRE
1527–1576 — Ferdinand II
Archduke of Austria
1529–1595 — Charles II
Archduke of Austria
1540–1590 - Carlos
Prince of Asturias
1545–1568 — Philip III
of Spain
1578–1621 — Rudolf II
HRE
1552–1612 — Ernest
of Austria
1553–1595 — Matthias
HRE
1557–1619 — Maximilian III
Archduke of Austria
1558–1618 — Albert VII
Archduke of Austria
1559–1621 — Wenceslaus
Archduke of Austria
1561–1578 — Andrew
Margrave of Burgau
1558–1600 — Charles
Margrave of Burgau
1560–1618 — Ferdinand II
HRE
1578–1637 — Maximilian Ernest
of Austria
1583–1616 — Leopold V
Archduke of Austria
1586–1632 — Charles
of Austria
1590–1624 - Philip IV
of Spain
1605–1665 — Charles
of Austria
1607–1632 — Ferdinand
of Austria
1609–1641 — John-Charles
of Austria
1605–1619 — Ferdinand III
HRE
1608–1657 — Leopold Wilhelm
of Austria
1614–1662 — Ferdinand Charles
Archduke of Austria
1628–1662 — Sigismund Francis
Archduke of Austria
1630–1665 - Balthasar Charles
Prince of Asturias
1629–1646 — Charles II
of Spain
1661–1700 — Ferdinand IV
King of the Romans
1633–1654 — Leopold I
HRE
1640–1705 — Charles Joseph
of Austria
1649–1664 - Joseph I
HRE
1678–1711 — Charles VI
HRE
1685–1740 - Lorraine
- Maria Theresa
HRE
1740–1780 — Francis I
HRE
1745–1765 - Habsburg-Lorraine
- Joseph II
HRE
1765–1790 — Leopold II
HRE
1790–1792 - Francis II
HRE
1792–1806 - Notes:
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