Leopold V of Austria (Habsburg)

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Archduke Leopold V (born October 9, 1586 in Graz; died 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 Straßburg (until 1625) and Regent of Tyrol.

He was invested as bishop in 1598, as a child, even though he had not been ordained as a priest. From 1609 onwards he fought with his mercenaries in the Julian Dispute of Inheritance against Maximilian III in Tyrol, and 1611 for Rudolf II in Bohemia.

In 1619, he became governor of Tyrol and Further Austria, where he attained the position of a sovereign from 1623 to 1630. He had the Dogana and the Jesuit Church be built in Innsbruck. He fought for the Veltlin and defended Tyrol against the Swedes in 1632.

With his wife Claudia de Medici, he became the founder of a sideline of the Habsburg family, which persisted until 1665.

His children were:

• Ferdinand Charles (1628-1662)
• Leopoldine (1632-1649) - married to Emperor Ferdinand III

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