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Frederick the Fair

Type Figure Region Austria Time 1289–1330 Also known as Frederick I、Duke Frederick of Austria

Frederick the Fair (1289–1330), a Habsburg, Duke of Austria from 1308, contested the German throne with Louis IV of Wittelsbach 1314–1325, was impris…

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  1. 1308–1322Vienna · AustriaGoverned Austria jointly with his brother Leopold from 1308; elected German king in 1314 by electors including Cologne and Mainz, creating a dual-kingship with Louis IV. Defeated and imprisoned by Louis at the Battle of Mühldorf on 28 September 1322, turning the imperial contest.
  2. 1325–1330Güssing · BurgenlandAfter release under the Treaty of Trausnitz in 1325, formally renounced his imperial claim and returned to governing Austria. Died at Güssing on 13 January 1330; the Habsburgs temporarily lost ground in the German imperial contest, and the family refocused on consolidating its Austrian lands.

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