Leopold II, Duke of Austria

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Leopold II, Duke of Austria (1328 – 10 August 1344), a member of the House of Habsburg, was the younger son of Duke Otto the Merry.

Leopold II
Duke of Austria
Leopold II and his brother Frederick II
Born	1328
Died	10 August 1344
House	House of Habsburg
Father	Otto, Duke of Austria
Mother	Elizabeth of Bavaria

Otto's first wife was Elizabeth of Bavaria, a daughter of Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria by his marriage to Jutta of Schweidnitz. They had two sons, Leopold and his brother Frederick III (1327–1344), and after their father's death in 1339 both were titular Dukes of Austria, but both died before coming of age. On 10 August 1344, at the age of sixteen, Leopold died suddenly. On 11 December 1344, four months later, his brother Frederick also died equally suddenly. In both cases, there were suspicions of poisoning. The beneficiary of their deaths was their uncle Albert II, Duke of Austria, the brother of Otto, who continued to rule Austria until his death in 1358.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Leopold II, Duke of Austria

8. Rudolf I of Germany 4. Albert I of Germany 9. Gertrude of Hohenberg 2. Otto, Duke of Austria 10. Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia 5. Elisabeth of Carinthia, Queen of the Romans 11. Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany 1. Leopold II, Duke of Austria 12. Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria 6. Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria 13. Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria 3. Elizabeth of Bavaria, Duchess of Austria 14. Bolko I the Strict 7. Jutta of Schweidnitz 15. Beatrice of Brandenburg