Sigismund, Archduke of Austria

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Sigismund, Archduke of Austria was a 15th-century Habsburg ruler of Further Austria and Tyrol known for his financial troubles, territorial pledges, and eventual abdication in favor of Emperor Maximilian I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Habsburg ruler ⓘ
archduke ⓘ
human ⓘ
abdicatedInFavorOf Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
birthDate 1427-10-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Innsbruck ⓘ
conflict political disputes with Tyrolean nobility ⓘ
tensions with Swiss Confederacy over Further Austrian lands ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
deathDate 1496-03-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Innsbruck ⓘ
era 15th century ⓘ
father Frederick IV, Duke of Austria ⓘ
givenName Sigismund ⓘ
governedFrom Innsbruck ⓘ
heldTitleFrom 1439 ⓘ
heldTitleUntil 1490 ⓘ
historicalRegionAssociated Further Austria ⓘ
Swabia ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Swabia

Tyrol ⓘ
house House of Habsburg ⓘ
implementedPolicy pledging Habsburg territories to creditors ⓘ
knownAs Sigismund the Rich in Coin ⓘ
memberOfDynasty House of Habsburg ⓘ
mother Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
nobleTitle Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Count of Tyrol ⓘ
notableFor abdication in favor of Maximilian I ⓘ
conflicts with Tyrolean estates ⓘ
financial difficulties ⓘ
pledging territories to raise money ⓘ
placeOfBurial Stams Abbey ⓘ
positionHeld Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Count of Tyrol ⓘ
Regent of Further Austria ⓘ
Ruler of Further Austria ⓘ
predecessor Frederick IV, Duke of Austria ⓘ
reignEnd 1490 ⓘ
reignStart 1439 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledTerritory County of Tyrol ⓘ
Further Austria ⓘ
spouse Catherine of Saxony ⓘ
Eleanor of Scotland ⓘ
succeededBy Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
titleAcquired Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Count of Tyrol ⓘ

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Eleanor of Scotland → spouse → Sigismund, Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Eleanor of Scotland → relative → Sigismund, Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Eleanor of Scotland, Archduchess of Austria → spouse → Sigismund, Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Archduke Sigismund of Austria → name → Sigismund of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
Archduke Sigismund of Austria → name → Sigismund, Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Eleanor of Scotland → spouse → Sigismund, Archduke of Austria ⓘ
subject linked to: Countess of Tyrol
Eleanor of Scotland → spouse → Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, ruler of Tyrol ⓘ
subject linked to: Countess of Tyrol
linked to: Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
Katharina of Saxony → spouse → Sigismund, Archduke of Austria ⓘ