Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria

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Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria (born November 27, 1630 in Innsbruck, died June 25, 1665 in Innsbruck) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665.

The second son of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia of Medici was ordained as bishop of Augsburg in 1646 without being a priest. In 1653, he became bishop of Gurk and in 1659 bishop of Trent.

After the death of his brother Archduke Ferdinand Charles, he became Archduke of Further Austria. He was more able than his brother and could have made him a good ruler, but with his early death in 1665 the younger Tyrolean line of the Habsburg house ended. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, who as the heir male succeeded Sigismund Francis, took direct control over the government of Further Austria and Tyrol.

[edit] Ancestors

**Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria's ancestors in three generations**
Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria	Father: Leopold V, Archduke of Austria	Paternal Grandfather: Charles II of Austria	Paternal Great-grandfather: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
		Paternal Grandmother: Maria Anna of Bavaria	Paternal Great-grandfather: Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Austria
	Mother: Claudia de' Medici	Maternal Grandfather: Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany	Maternal Great-grandfather: Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Eleonora di Toledo
		Maternal Grandmother: Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany	Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Claude of Valois