Sigismund, archduke of Austria (born 1427)

Sigismund, Archduke of Austria

Ruler of Austria from 1439 to 1496

Sigismund, a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1439 until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian line, he ruled over Further Austria and the County of Tyrol from 1446 until his resignation in 1490.