Frederick II, Duke of Austria (born 1219)

Frederick II, Duke of Austria

Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 to 1246

Frederick II, known as Frederick the Quarrelsome, was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 until his death. He was the fifth and last Austrian duke from the House of Babenberg, since the former margraviate was elevated to a duchy by the 1156 Privilegium Minus. He was killed in…