Leopold V, Archduke of Austria

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Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (Graz, October 9, 1586 – September 13, 1632 in Schwaz, Tirol) was the son of Archduke Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria. He was Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg (until 1625) and Archduke of Further Austria including Tirol.

He was invested as bishop in 1598, as a child, even though he had not been ordained as a priest. From 1609 onwards he fought with his mercenaries in the Julian Dispute of Inheritance against Maximilian III, Archduke of Further Austria in Tirol, and 1611 for Rudolf II in Bohemia.

In 1619 upon the death of his kinsman and former rival, he became governor of Maximilian's inheritance: Further Austria and Tirol, where he attained the position of a sovereign, i.e Archduke of Further Austria from 1623 to 1630. He had the Dogana and the Jesuit Church be built in Innsbruck. He fought for the Veltlin and defended Tirol against the Swedes in 1632.

[edit] Ancestors

Leopold's ancestors in three generations

Leopold V, Archduke of Austria	Father: Charles II of Austria	Paternal Grandfather: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor	Paternal Great-grandfather: Philip I of Castile
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Joanna of Castile
		Paternal Grandmother: Anna of Bohemia and Hungary	Paternal Great-grandfather: Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Foix-Candale
	Mother: Maria Anna of Bavaria	Maternal Grandfather: Albert V, Duke of Bavaria	Maternal Great-grandfather: William IV, Duke of Bavaria
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Marie of Baden-Sponheim
		Maternal Grandmother: Anna of Austria	Maternal Great-grandfather: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Bohemia and Hungary

[edit] Issue

With his wife Claudia de' Medici, he became the founder of a sideline of the Habsburg family, which persisted until 1665 - the most recent line of Archdukes of Further Austria.

His children were:

• Ferdinand Charles (1628-1662)
• Leopoldine (1632-1649) - married to Emperor Ferdinand III
• Sigismund Francis

Leopold V, Archduke of Austria House of Habsburg Born: 9 October 1586 Died: 13 September 1632
Regnal titles
Preceded by Maximilian III	Governor, later Archduke of Further Austria	Succeeded by Ferdinand Charles