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Leopold V

Type Figure Region Austria Time c. 1157–1194 Also known as Leopold V、Leopold the Virtuous、Leopold V of Austria、Luitpold V.

Leopold V was a 12th-century Babenberg Duke of Austria, succeeding around 1177 and active in Holy Roman Empire politics and the Third Crusade from th…

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  1. 1177–1180Vienna · AustriaLeopold V inherited the Duchy of Austria around 1177, initially consolidating his lands within the framework of the Holy Roman Empire and taking part in military actions toward Hungary and elsewhere, laying the groundwork for expansion in the 1180s.
  2. 1181–1190Austria · Holy Roman EmpireIn the 1180s Leopold V expanded Austrian influence in imperial domestic affairs and foreign wars, concluded the Georgenberg Treaty with Ottokar IV of Styria in 1186 to establish succession arrangements, and continued to respond to threats from the East.
  3. 1191–1194Acre · AcreIn the 1190s Leopold V took part in the Third Crusade, capturing England's King Richard I in Austria in 1192, which sparked a prolonged diplomatic dispute. In December 1194 he fell from his horse and was seriously injured in a tournament at Graz, dying on December 31.

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