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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (5 January 1614 – 20 November 1662), younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand III, was an Austrian soldier, administrator and patron of the arts. He held a number of military commands, with limited success, and served as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, before returning to Vienna in 1656.
Archduke of Austria (non-ruling member of the dynasty); prince of the Church and holder of several bishoprics (prince-bishop of Passau and Strasbourg, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights); governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1646–1656)
Born in Wiener Neustadt on 5 January 1614, he was the sixth of seven children of Ferdinand II and his first wife Maria Anna of Bavaria. The archduke was a gifted and intelligent child but as a later-born son he had little prospect of succeeding to the throne or ruling as a secular prince.
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. Leopold Wilhelm (1614–1662), youngest son of Emperor Ferdinand II, was destined to take holy orders and received an education that suited his preference for art and literature.
Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, later Wilhelm Franz von Habsburg-Lothringen (10 February 1895 – 18 August 1948), also known as Vasyl Vyshyvanyi[1] (Ukrainian: Василь Вишиваний), was an Austrian archduke, a colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, [citation needed] a poet, and a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
A decisive figure in the founding of the Vienna Picture Gallery is Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662), the brother of Emperor Ferdinand III. The archduke was regent of the Netherlands (1647-1656) and was able to take advantage of the political situation towards the end of the Thirty Years’ War, including the revolution in England, to ...
13 de ago. de 2024 · Leopold Wilhelm Archduke of Austria (1614 - 1662) RA Collection: People and Organisations Commissioner and collector of paintings and other works of art.
