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Encyclopedia > Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria

Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria (born November 27, 1630 in Innsbruck, died June 25, 1665 in Innsbruck) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665. November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ... Further Austria (in German: Vorderösterreich or die Vorlande) was the collective name for the old possessions of the Habsburgs in south-western Germany (Swabia), the Alsace, and in Vorarlberg after the focus of the Habsburgs had moved to Austria. ... The Tyrol is a historical region in Western Central Europe, which includes the Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Tyrol) and the Italian regions known as the South Tyrol and Trentino. ... Events February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ...


The second son of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia of Medici was ordained as bishop of Augsburg in 1646 without being a priest. In 1653, he became bishop of Gurk and in 1659 of Trent. Archduke Leopold V (Graz, October 9, 1586 – September 13, 1632 in Schwaz, Tirol) was the son of Archduke Charles II, the brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles of the Tyrol, Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg (until 1625) and Regent of Tyrol. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... // Events The Westminster Confession of Faith Ongoing events Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War (1642-1649) Births February 4 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Gurk (Slovenian Krka) is a river in Carinthia, Austria. ... // Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Trent is the name of several places: Trento in Italy, famous for the Roman Catholic Council of Trent Trent, Texas, USA Trent, South Dakota, USA Trent, Dorset, UK Rivers: River Trent in the UK, or one of several other Trent Rivers Other: Trent jet engine family manufactured by Rolls-Royce...


After the death of his brother Archduke Ferdinand Charles, he became Archduke of Further Austria. He was more able than his brother and could have made him a good ruler, but with his early death in 1665 the younger Tyrolean line of the Habsburg house ended. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, who as the heir male succeeded Sigismund Francis, took direct control over the government of Further Austria and Tyrol. Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further of Austria (de: Erzherzog Ferdinand Karl von Österreich), (born May 17, 1628; died December 30, 1662 in Kaltern) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tirol from 1646 to 1662. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I Habsburg (June 9, 1640 – May 5, 1705), Holy Roman emperor, was the second son of the emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna of Spain. ... Further Austria (in German: Vorderösterreich or die Vorlande) was the collective name for the old possessions of the Habsburgs in south-western Germany (Swabia), the Alsace, and in Vorarlberg after the focus of the Habsburgs had moved to Austria. ... The Tyrol is a historical region in Western Central Europe, which includes the Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Tyrol) and the Italian regions known as the South Tyrol and Trentino. ...

Preceded by:
Ferdinand Charles
Ruler of Tyrol and Further Austria
1662-1665
Succeeded by:
Emperor Leopold I


 
 

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