Leopold VI (15 October 1176 – 28 July 1230 ), known as Leopold the Glorious , was Duke of Styria from 1194 and Duke of Austria from 1198 to his death in 1230. He was a member of the House of Babenberg .
11-402: Raspe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Henry Raspe (1204–1247), Landgrave of Thuringia Jan-Carl Raspe (1944–1977), urban guerilla Jeff Raspe (born 1966), Music Director, WBJB, 90.5 The Night, Brookdale Public Radio Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736–1794), writer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
22-537: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Henry Raspe Henry Raspe (German: Heinrich Raspe ; c. 1204 – 16 February 1247) was the Landgrave of Thuringia from 1231 until 1239 and again from 1241 until his death. In 1246, with the support of the Papacy , he was elected King of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV , but his contested reign lasted a mere nine months. Henry Raspe
33-725: The Reconquista in Spain and in two crusades, the Albigensian Crusade in 1212 and the failed Fifth Crusade from 1217 to 1221, and—like his predecessors—attempted to develop the land by founding monasteries. His most important foundation is Lilienfeld in the Lower Austrian valley of the Traisen River, where he was buried after his death. Besides that, he supported the then highly modern mendicant Orders of
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55-635: The Franciscans and Dominicans. He elevated Enns to the status of a city in 1212, and Vienna in 1221, the territory of which was nearly doubled. Under Leopold's rule, the Gothic style began to reach Austria - the Cappella Speciosa in his temporary residence of Klosterneuburg is known as the first building influenced by it in the Danube area - a reconstruction of it can be seen today in
66-584: The daughter of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria . After Gertrude of Babenberg's death, he married Beatrice of Brabant (1225–1288), the daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant . All three of his marriages were childless. After his death, the Emperor enfeoffed Thuringia to Henry III, Margrave of Meissen , the son of his sister Jutta . Leopold VI, Duke of Austria Leopold VI was the younger son of Duke Leopold V and his wife, Helena of Hungary (daughter of Géza II of Hungary and Euphrosyne of Kiev ). He
77-636: The palace gardens of Laxenburg . Leopold's court is known as a center of the Minnesang , e.g ., Walther von der Vogelweide , Neidhart von Reuental and Ulrich von Liechtenstein were active here. Also, the Nibelungenlied may have been written in his court. Babenbergian Austria reached the zenith of its prestige under Leopold's rule. Evidence of this is given by his marriage to the Byzantine princess Theodora Angelina and his attempt to end
88-620: Was Filippo da Pistoia . In August 1246 Henry defeated Conrad in the Battle of Nidda in southern Hesse , and laid siege to Ulm and Reutlingen. He suffered a mortal wound, and died 16 February 1247 in Wartburg Castle near Eisenach in Thuringia. In 1228, Henry Raspe married Elisabeth (1206–1231), the daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg . After her death, he married Gertrude ( c. 1210/1215 – 1241),
99-758: Was betrothed to the Damsel of Cyprus in 1193, but the marriage never took place. In contravention of the provisions of the Georgenberg Pact , the Babenberg reign was divided after the death of Leopold V: Leopold VI's elder brother, Frederick I, was given the Duchy of Austria (corresponding roughly to modern Lower Austria and eastern Upper Austria ), while Leopold VI himself became Duke of Styria. The duchies were reunified under Leopold VI when Frederick died after only four years of rule. Leopold VI participated in
110-584: Was born c. 1204 to Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia and Sophia of Wittelsbach . In 1226, Henry's brother Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia , died en route to the Sixth Crusade , and Henry became regent for his under-age nephew Hermann II, Landgrave of Thuringia . He managed to expel his nephew and the boy's young mother, St. Elisabeth of Hungary , from the line of succession and ca. 1231 formally succeeded his brother as landgrave. In 1242 Henry, together with King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia , he
121-474: Was selected by Emperor Frederick II to be administrator of Germany for Frederick's under-age son Conrad . After Pope Innocent IV imposed a ban on Frederick in 1245, Raspe changed sides, and on 22 May 1246 he was elected anti-king in opposition to Conrad. The strong papal prodding that led to his election earned Raspe the derogatory moniker of " Pfaffenkönig " (priests' king). The papal legate in Germany
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