Friedrich II of Habsburg

. Frederick II of Habsburg (* 10. February 1327 , according to other sources until 1333 ; † December 4 , December 11 and 13. December 1344 in Neuberg ) was the son of Habsburg Otto the Gay / Bold (1301- 1339) and Elisabeth von Niederbayern (1305–1330), a daughter of Duke Stephan I of Bavaria . Leopold II von Habsburg was his younger brother.

In 1337 Friedrich was handed over to his aunt, the widowed Queen Agnes of Hungary , who resided in the Königsfelden monastery , for education. From 1339 he lived in Lenzburg Castle , where Prince Friedrich is said to have owned the Upper Austrian land. In 1339 he claimed Lower Bavaria as his mother's hereditary land. However, Emperor Ludwig IV dismissed his complaint. The plan was to marry Princess Johanna, a daughter of King Edward III. of England . That 1337 by Edward III. Promises made were postponed because they were too young to marry. The marriage was finally thwarted by Friedrich's early death. According to other sources, Edward III. However, the promise later returned because of the failure to fulfill an alliance against France.

literature

Ludwig Albrecht Gebhard: Genealogical history of the hereditary imperial estates in Germany . Volume 2, 1779, p. 261 f. ( Digitized version )
Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Friedrich II . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1860, p. 261 f. ( Digitized version ).
Alois Niederstätter: The rule of Austria. Prince and country in the late Middle Ages . Edited by Herwig Wolfram, Vienna 2001/2004. P. 133, pp. 138-139

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich II. In: Constant von Wurzbach: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Volume 6, p. 261.
↑ Detlev Schwennicke: The Franconian kings and the kings and emperors, tribal dukes, electors, margraves and dukes of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Vittorio Klostermann, 2005, ISBN 3465034201 , p. 41.
↑ depending on the source at 18, 17 or 11 years of age, Wurzbach 6, p. 261.
^ Ludwig Albrecht Gebhardi: Genealogical history of the hereditary imperial estates in Germany. Volume 2, p. 261 f. ( Webrepro in Google Book Search)

personal data
SURNAME	Friedrich II of Habsburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Son of the Habsburg Otto des Fröhlichen / Kühnen (1301–1339) and Elisabeth of Bavaria
DATE OF BIRTH	February 10, 1327 or 1333
DATE OF DEATH	December 4, 1344 or December 11, 1344 or December 13, 1344
Place of death	Neuberg an der Mürz

[1] Friedrich II. In: Constant von Wurzbach: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Volume 6, p. 261.

[2] Detlev Schwennicke: The Franconian kings and the kings and emperors, tribal dukes, electors, margraves and dukes of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Vittorio Klostermann, 2005, ISBN 3465034201 , p. 41.

[3] the source at 18, 17 or 11 years of age, Wurzbach 6, p. 261.

[4] Ludwig Albrecht Gebhardi: Genealogical history of the hereditary imperial estates in Germany. Volume 2, p. 261 f. ( Webrepro in Google Book Search)