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After the death of his father Leopold III in the Battle of Sempach in 1386, he stood under the guardianship of Albert III, and in 1401 accompagnied the German King Ruprecht III auf his campaign in Italy. In the separation agreement of 1406Events Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing. Richard Whittington becomes Lord Mayor of London. December 25 John II becomes King of Castile. Eric of Pomerania marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV of England. James I becomes King of Scotland,, Ernest received Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, and jointly with his brother Leopold , held the guardianship over young Albert V. This resulted in a civil law in 1407Events November 20 A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orleans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. November 24 Duke of Orleans assassinated war breaks out again between Burgundians and followers of, which could only be ended in May of 1409Events January 1 The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English. March 25 The Council of Pisa opens. Martin I of Aragon becomes King of Sicily Ulugh Beg becomes governor of Samarkand Venice buys the port of Zadar from Hungary Births January 16 Rene I o. In 1414Events Council of Constance begins. The Habsburg Duke Ernest the Iron ( 1377- 1424) thrones according to the ancient Karantanian ritual of installing dukes on the Duke's Stone and he addresses again as an archduke. Joan II succeeds her brother Ladislas as, he was the last Duke be inthronized according to the traditional rite in Carinthia, and from that time on called himself ArchdukeThe title Archduke (German Erzherzog was invented in the Privilegium Maius, a forgery initiated by Duke Rudolf IV of Austria. Originally, it was meant to denote the ruler of the Archduchy of Austria, which was to be put on par with the electorships, as Au. He was the first Habsburg to actually use this title, which had been invented by Rudolf IV.
He continously lived in strife with Emperor Sigismund from 1412 onwards. When his brother Fredrick was banned by the Emperor in 1417, Ernest first attempted to gain control over Frederick's territories himself, buth then came to an agreement with him and successfully defended the Tyrol against the Emperor's pretensions. As the regent of Inner Austria and the founder of the older Styrian Line of the Habsburg family, which, by his son Duke Frederick V survived the Albertinian-Austrian and the Tyrolean Lines, he became the ancestor of all later Habsburg Emperors.
His first spouse was Margaret, Princess of Pomorania , and the second was Cymburgis of Masovia, who was his equal in vitality and with whom he had nine children. Ernest's grave is in the Cistercian monastery of Rein . His nickname the Iron only came into use after his death.
| Preceded by: William | Archduke of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola | Succeeded by: Frederick V |
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