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Frederick the Fair
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Austrian duke
Key facts
- Reign
- 19 October 1314 – 13 January 1330
- Coronation
- 25 November 1314 ( Bonn )
- Predecessor
- Henry VII
- Successor
- Louis IV
- Born
- 1289, Vienna , Duchy of Austria , Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- ( 1330-01-13 ) 13 January 1330 (aged 40–41), Gutenstein , Duchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
- Burial
- Mauerbach Charterhouse (1330–1782) Ducal Crypt, Vienna (since 1782)
- Spouse
- Isabella of Aragon
- Issue
- Anna, Duchess of Bavaria
- House
- House of Habsburg
- Father
- Albert I of Germany
- Mother
- Elizabeth of Carinthia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Gutenstein
- Spouse
- Isabella of Aragon
- Father
- Albert I of Germany
- Sibling
- Henry the Friendly
- Occupation
- anti-king
- Position held
- King of the Romans
- Family
- House of Habsburg
- Noble title
- duke
- Image
- Frederick III the Fair.jpg
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- Commons category
- Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg)
- date of death
- 1330-01-13
- date of birth
- 1286-00-00
- place of burial
- St. Stephen's Cathedral
- name in native language
- Friedrich III der Schöne
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Encyclopedic overview
Frederick the Fair (German: Friedrich der Schöne) or the Handsome (c. 1289 – 13 January 1330), from the House of Habsburg, was the duke of Austria and Styria from 1308 as well as the anti-king of Germany from 1314 until 1325 and then co-king until his death.
The second son of King Albert I of Germany, Frederick became ruler of the Austrian and Styrian duchies in 1308 following the assassination of his father. When King Henry VII died in 1313, Frederick emerged as a candidate for the German crown. At the disputed double election of 19–20 October 1314 in Frankfurt, he received four of seven electoral votes and was crowned at Bonn Minster, while his rival Louis IV of Bavaria was simultaneously elected by a competing assembly and crowned at Aachen Cathedral, resulting in years of open war between the two claimants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frederick the Fair” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.