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Babenberg
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Key facts
- Country
- Margraviate of Austria , Duchy of Austria , Duchy of Styria , Duchy of Bavaria
- Founded
- c. 962
- Founder
- Leopold I
- Final ruler
- Frederick II
- Titles
- Duke, Margrave, Count
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. Descending from the Popponids and originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia (present-day Bavaria), the Babenbergs ruled the imperial Margraviate of Austria from its creation in 976 AD until its elevation to a duchy in 1156, and from then until the extinction of the line in 1246, whereafter they were succeeded by the House of Habsburg.
Origin
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Babenberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.