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Frederick of Habsburg

«the Fair»

His rival election against Louis of Bavaria divided the German kingship. After defeat and imprisonment at Mühldorf, he sought an agreement with his opponent.

1289 – 1330KingHabsburg · ES
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Portrait of Frederick of Habsburg
Later portraitFrederick the FairAnton Boys · sixteenth centurySchloss Ambras / Kunsthistorisches Museum, ViennaPublic domain · PDM 1.0 · Source

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Historical profile

Key details

Birth: 1289 Documented

Death: 13 January 1330 Documented

Role: King

Dynasty: Habsburg · ES

Territories: Austria (ES) · Germany (ES) · Duchy of Styria (ES)

Recorded governments and reigns
Duke · Austria · Duchy Pending review1308–1330Effective rule
King of the Romans · Germany · Reign Pending review1314–1330Rival
Duke · Duchy of Styria · Duchy Documented1308–1330Effective ruleFrederick's ducal and imperial ordinals differ.
Family network

Recorded relationships

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Crowns and unions

Their titles over time

Follow the changing territories and offices of Frederick of Habsburg. Each title retains its own status.

Governments in 1308

  • Austria2 titles and offices
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    A common colour groups the Austrian lands and directly administered provinces governed simultaneously by this person. Their titles and territorial identities remain distinct; Bohemia and Hungary require their own documented groupings. Source for this grouping

Annual dates: overlap within one year does not prove that two offices were held on the same day. Regencies and co-rulerships retain their labels.

Documentation

Sources for this profile

Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.

Evidence for this profile

8 recorded claims · 4 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.

Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
Family and relationships (1/3 with a precise source)
Governments (1/3 with a precise source)
  • GovernmentPending review

    Duke · Austria · 1308–1330

    A precise source has not yet been added.
    No individual review recorded ·
  • GovernmentPending review

    King of the Romans · Germany · 1314–1330

    A precise source has not yet been added.
    No individual review recorded ·
  • GovernmentDocumented

    Duke · Duchy of Styria · 1308–1330

    Frederick's ducal and imperial ordinals differ.
    Schönbrunn · Friedrich III, der Schöne · Duke of Austria and Styria; succession to Albert I.
    Reviewed on 2026-10-07 by El Árbol de Europa ·
Biographical and contextual references (2)
Editorial history
  • 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
  • 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
  • 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.

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