Duke of Austria Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/duke-of-austria Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:09:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Map Of Austria And Switzerland http://travelsfinders.com/map-of-austria-and-switzerland.html http://travelsfinders.com/map-of-austria-and-switzerland.html#respond Tue, 13 Nov 2018 03:36:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=261246 Continued Habsburg Rule (1 minute) Albert I (1291-1308) managed to negotiate a peace with the Hungarians and Bohemians (people from one of the Czech lands) Austria neighbors and gains the support of the nobles after initially being passed over in order to succeed Rudolf as Duke of Austria. Albrecht’s main concern was to set up an effective administration and codify the records of his realm. The next Duke was Frederick I “The Handsome” (1308-1330) the son of Albert I, who managed to maintain control of Austria but lost a decisive battle against the Swiss. Next in the line was Albert

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