Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Frederick III Habsburg (1415-1493) became Frederick V, archduke of Austria in 1424. He acceded as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1440 and was married to Eleanore of Portugal. Frederick's father was Ernest the Iron (German: Ernst der Eiserne) (1377-1424) and his wife Cymburga of Masovia.
Frederick was the last Emperor to be crowned in Rome, being crowned in 1452 by Pope Nicholas V. Frederick proved, however, largely unable to impose his will on the Empire itself, spending much of his time in unsuccessful warfare against King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, who for a time succeeded in driving the Emperor from his hereditary lands in Austria to an itinerant existence in southwestern Germany. Frederick's most successful step was the marriage of his only son, Maximilian to Mary of Burgundy, the heiress too Charles the Bold, in 1477, which resulted in the accrual of the Burgundian lands to the Habsburgs.
For the last ten years of Frederick's life he and Maximilian ruled jointly.
| Preceded by: Albert II | King of Germany Also Holy Roman Emperor | Succeeded by: Maximilian I |
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