Babenberg

The Austrian estates, after the death of the last Babenberg duke, elected Ottokar, son of Wenceslas, as duke.

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Leopold, a member of the family of Babenberg (_q. v._), and its administration was conducted with vigour and success.

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The rivalry between the two families was intensified by their efforts to extend their authority in the region of the middle Main, and this quarrel, known as the "Babenberg feud," came to a head at the beginning of the 10th century during the [v. 03 p. 0092] troubled reign of the German king, Louis the Child.

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Frederick was killed in battle by the Hungarians in June 1246, when the family of Babenberg became extinct.

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The development of this small mark into the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was a slow and gradual process, and falls into two main divisions, which almost coincide with the periods during which the dynasties of Babenberg and Habsburg have respectively ruled the land.

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Two of the Babenberg brothers were killed, and the survivor

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(_Alte Residenz_) was built in 1591 on the site of an old residence of the counts of Babenberg.

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The leaders of the Babenbergs were the three sons of Duke Henry, who called themselves after their castle of Babenberg on the upper Main, round which their possessions centred.

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When the house of Babenberg became extinct in 1246, Austria, stretching from Passau almost to Pressburg, had the frontiers which it retains to-day, and this increase of territory had been accompanied by a corresponding increase in wealth and general prosperity.

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The energies of the house of Babenberg were chiefly spent in enlarging the area and strengthening the position of the mark itself, and when this was done the house of Habsburg set itself with remarkable perseverance and marvellous success to extend its rule over neighbouring territories.

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