Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor and Austrian archduke and duke (1452-1493) · Austria · Models · Lived 1415 to 1493 · aged 77
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Hans Burgkmair d. Ä. (zugeschr.) - Bildnis Kaiser Friedrich III
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Conrad Zeidler, Probst zu Sankt Stefan in Wien, Kanzler von Kaiser Friedrich, gibt seine Einwilligung für eine Wein -und Getreidetransaktion zwischen den Schwagern Friedrich II. von Graben und Ulrich von Würfel zu Rodaun (1441)%3B_als_Frederik_V_hertog_van_Oostenrijk_(1424-1493)%2C_als_Frederik_IV_koning_van_Duitsland_(1440-1493)%2C_Soutman%2C_Pieter_Claesz.%2C_FelixArchief%2C_12_12765.jpg?width=1200)
Frederik III, keizer van het Heilige Roomse Rijk (1415-1493); als Frederik V hertog van Oostenrijk (1424-1493), als Frederik IV koning van Duitsland (1440-1493), Soutman, Pieter Claesz., FelixArchief, 12 12765.jpg?width=1200)
Kaiser Friedrich III. schenkt den Bürgern von Klagenfurt sein Haus, am Platz bei der Burg gelegen, das Wolfgang von Graben innehat (1489).jpg?width=1200)
Kaiser Friedrich III. verleiht Meinhart Florianer zwei Wiesen, genannt in der Tissing, welche Florianer samt dem Schloss Niederfalkenstein von Andreas von Graben gekauft hat, zur Nutznießung auf Jahresfrist (1462)
Kaiser Friedrich verleiht Virgil vom Graben 1487 zu Nürnberg einen Zehent in Großkirchheim, Ortenburger Lehen
Niederösterreichische Landesausstellung 2019 - Prunkschwert Friedrichs IIIAwards
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Frederick became duke of three Inner Austrian lands at nine and regent of Austria at twenty-four. Elected King of Germany in 1440, he was crowned Holy Roman emperor by the pope in Rome in 1452 - the last man ever to receive that honour in the city. He spent his reign concentrating on reuniting the scattered Habsburg territories rather than chasing wider imperial ambitions, a focus that earned him the nickname "Arch-Sleepyhead of the Holy Roman Empire" while he lived. Through dynastic marriage and the Burgundian inheritance, he secured claims that would anchor Habsburg power for centuries. When he died in 1493 after more than four decades on the throne, he left his son Maximilian a consolidated Austrian state and a credible imperial title - the quiet groundwork for an empire that would last another three hundred years.
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