Leopold II, Duke of Austria

Duke of Austria

Leopold II
Duke of Austria
Leopold II and his brother Frederick II
Born	1328
Died	10 August 1344
House	House of Habsburg
Father	Otto, Duke of Austria
Mother	Elizabeth of Bavaria

Leopold II, Duke of Austria (1328 – 10 August 1344), a member of the House of Habsburg, was the younger son of Duke Otto the Merry.

Otto's first wife was Elizabeth of Bavaria, a daughter of Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria by his marriage to Jutta of Schweidnitz. They had two sons, Leopold and his brother Frederick III (1327–1344), and after their father's death in 1339 both were titular Dukes of Austria, but both died before coming of age.^[1] On 10 August 1344, at the age of sixteen, Leopold died suddenly. On 11 December 1344, four months later, his brother Frederick also died equally suddenly. In both cases, there were suspicions of poisoning. The beneficiary of their deaths was their uncle Albert II, Duke of Austria, the brother of Otto, who continued to rule Austria until his death in 1358.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Leopold II, Duke of Austria

8. Rudolf I of Germany

4. Albert I of Germany

9. Gertrude of Hohenberg

2. Otto, Duke of Austria

10. Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia

5. Elisabeth of Carinthia, Queen of the Romans

11. Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany

1. Leopold II, Duke of Austria

12. Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria

6. Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria

13. Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria

3. Elizabeth of Bavaria, Duchess of Austria

14. Bolko I the Strict

7. Jutta of Schweidnitz

15. Beatrice of Brandenburg

Male-line family tree

Habsburg

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Original line / Albertinian line / Leopoldian line

Max and Philip line / Spanish / Iberian line / Austrian / HRE line

Albert
Count of Habsburg
(c. 1188–1239)

Rudolf I
of Germany
(c. 1218–1291)

Albert I
of Germany
(1255–1308)

Hartmann
(1263–1281)

Rudolf II
Duke of Austria
(1270–1290)

Rudolf I
of Bohemia
(1281–1307)

Frederick
the Fair
(c. 1289–1330)

Leopold I
Duke of Austria
(1290–1326)

Albert II
Duke of Austria
(1298–1358)

Henry
the Friendly
(1299–1327)

Otto
Duke of Austria
(1301–1339)

John
Parricida
(c. 1290–1312/13)

Rudolf IV
Duke of Austria
(1339–1365)

Frederick III
Duke of Austria
(1347–1362)

Albert III
Duke of Austria
(1349–1395)

Leopold III
Duke of Austria
(1351–1386)

Frederick II
Duke of Austria
(1327–1344)

Leopold II
Duke of Austria
(1328–1344)

Albert IV
Duke of Austria
(1377–1404)

William
Duke of Austria
(c. 1370–1406)

Leopold IV
Duke of Austria
(1371–1411)

Ernest
Duke of Austria
(1377–1424)

Frederick IV
Duke of Austria
(1382–1439)

Albert II
of Germany
(1397–1439)

Frederick III
HRE
(1415–1493)

Albert VI
Archduke of Austria
(1418–1463)

Sigismund
Archduke of Austria
(1427–1496)

Ladislaus
the Posthumous
(1440–1457)

Maximilian I
HRE
(1459–1519)

Philip I
of Castile
(1478–1506)

Charles V
HRE
(1500–1558)

Ferdinand I
HRE
(1503–1564)

Philip II
of Spain
(1527–1598)

Maximilian II
HRE
(1527–1576)

Ferdinand II
Archduke of Austria
(1529–1595)

Charles II
Archduke of Austria
(1540–1590)

Carlos
Prince of Asturias
(1545–1568)

Philip III
of Spain
(1578–1621)

Rudolf II
HRE
(1552–1612)

Ernest
of Austria
(1553–1595)

Matthias
HRE
(1557–1619)

Maximilian III
Archduke of Austria
(1558–1618)

Albert VII
Archduke of Austria
(1559–1621)

Wenceslaus
Archduke of Austria
(1561–1578)

Andrew
Margrave of Burgau
(1558–1600)

Charles
Margrave of Burgau
(1560–1618)

Ferdinand II
HRE
(1578–1637)

Maximilian Ernest
of Austria
(1583–1616)

Leopold V
Archduke of Austria
(1586–1632)

Charles
of Austria
(1590–1624)

Philip IV
of Spain
(1605–1665)

Charles
of Austria
(1607–1632)

Ferdinand
of Austria
(1609–1641)

John-Charles
of Austria
(1605–1619)

Ferdinand III
HRE
(1608–1657)

Leopold Wilhelm
of Austria
(1614–1662)

Ferdinand Charles
Archduke of Austria
(1628–1662)

Sigismund Francis
Archduke of Austria
(1630–1665)

Balthasar Charles
Prince of Asturias
(1629–1646)

Charles II
of Spain
(1661–1700)

Ferdinand IV
King of the Romans
(1633–1654)

Leopold I
HRE
(1640–1705)

Charles Joseph
of Austria
(1649–1664)

Joseph I
HRE
(1678–1711)

Charles VI
HRE
(1685–1740)

Notes:

^ "Habsburg family tree". Habsburg family website. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Constantin von Wurzbach, 'Habsburg, Leopold II (Herzog von Oesterreich)' in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, vol. 6 (Vienna: L. C. Zamarski, 1860), p. 411