House of Babenberg

He was a member of the House of Babenberg.

After this, for some time Mödling housed a relative of the then ruling House of Babenberg.

Frederick prevailed, settling the long-time conflict, keeping the Welfs covered and securing support by the House of Babenberg.

From 1192 the House of Babenberg also ruled over the neighbouring Duchy of Styria.

Following Bruno's death around 1010, Gisela married Ernest I of the House of Babenberg.

She married Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, member of the House of Babenberg.

Although today closely associated with the Habsburg dynasty, Austria was, until 1246, a feudal possession of the younger House of Babenberg.

The court of Vienna, under Duke Frederick I of the house of Babenberg, had become a centre of poetry and art.

The later House of Babenberg, which ruled what became the Duchy of Austria, claimed to come of the Popponid dynasty.

This connection to the Salians raised the importance of the House of Babenberg, to which important royal rights over the margravate of Austria were granted.

Between 1950 and 1955 Fichtenau, along with his colleague Erich Zöllner, published the diplomas of the House of Babenberg.

Jews began settling in Vienna and in the area that was to become Judenplatz around 1150, coinciding with the settlement of the House of Babenberg.

The house of Babenberg and later the Habsburg dynasty were the margraves, dukes and later archdukes of this fiefdom.

It was a margraviate of the Duchy of Bavaria, ruled by the House of Babenberg from AD 976.

It is certain that his brother, or nephew, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria was the founder of the Austrian House of Babenberg.

Probably a descendant of the Robertian count Cancor, he became the ancestor of the Frankish House of Babenberg (Popponids).

He was the fifth and last Austrian duke from the House of Babenberg, since the former margraviate was elevated to a duchy by the 1156 Privilegium Minus.

Shortly after his marriage Władysław, like other Piast Dukes, entered the war between Hungary and Bohemia after the extinction of the House of Babenberg.

The abbey contains the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau and the remains of several members of the House of Babenberg, Austria's first ruling dynasty.

As a result of this agreement, in 1176 Polish troops helped Duke Soběslav II in his fight against the House of Babenberg, rulers of Austria.

In 1180 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa raised the Styrian lands to a duchy, which in 1192 was acquired by the Austrian dukes from the House of Babenberg.

The chapter house in the cloisters contains the graves of thirteen members of the House of Babenberg, including Duke Frederick the Quarrelsome, the last Babenberger.

Rapoto's II descendants however soon entered into fierce conflicts with the neighbouring Bishops of Passau and also with the mighty Austrian House of Babenberg.

It included the elevation of the Bavarian frontier march of Austria (Ostarrîchi) to a duchy, which was given as an inheritable fief to the House of Babenberg.

This union resulted in a permanent bond between Bolesław and Hungary, reflected in the assistance given in the conflict with Bohemia after the extinction of the House of Babenberg.