Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III von Habsburg

  General Notes:

Frederick III (1415-93), Holy Roman emperor, was born at Innsbruck, in Tyrol, being a member of the house of Hapsburg; was chosen emperor in 1440. His reign covered a difficult peroid, during which the Turks invaded Hungary and Italy, and the Hungarians occupied Vienna. Switzerland escaped from his control, and Sforza took Milan. But he duped Charles the Bold, who wished to secure the royal title; he defeated the schemes of his opponents in Germany; and he gradually reunited the family territories of the Hapsburgs. From this time, indeed, the imperial dignity was almost hereditary in the house of Austria, Hapsburg. See Chmel’s Geschichte Kaiser Friedrichs IV (III) (1840-3). [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]

Frederick married.