Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor

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Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (German: Friedrich III, 21 September 1415 – 19 August 1493) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1452 until his death in 1493. He was the penultimate emperor to be crowned by the pope, and the last to be crowned in Rome. He was the fourth king of the Romans and the first Holy Roman emperor from the House of Habsburg, which was to retain the title with one gap, Charles VII of Bohemia, until it was declared at an end by Emperor Francis II, in 1806. Prior to his imperial coronation, he was duke of the Inner Austrian lands of Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola from 1424, and also acted as regent over the Duchy of Austria from 1439. He was elected and crowned King of Germany in 1440. His reign of 41 years is the longest in the history of the Holy Roman Empire or the German monarchy. Upon his death in 1493, he was succeeded by his son Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. During his reign, Frederick concentrated on re-uniting the Habsburg "hereditary lands" of Austria and...

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