Privilegium Minus

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Privilegium Minus was a 1156 imperial charter issued by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I that elevated Austria to a duchy and granted it special hereditary and succession privileges.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Privilegium Minus canonical 2
Privilegium Minus of 1156 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial charter
medieval legal document
appliesTo Austria
archivalTradition preserved in medieval copies and later editions
beneficiaryDynasty House of Babenberg
beneficiaryRuler Henry II Jasomirgott
category 1150s in the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire charters
Legal history of Austria
country Holy Roman Empire
date 1156
effectOnAustria creation of the Duchy of Austria
effectOnImperialConstitution strengthening of territorial principalities
elevatedEntity Austria
followedBy Privilegium Maius
grantedPrivilege exemption from certain imperial obligations
female succession under certain conditions
inheritance through the female line in absence of male heirs
relative autonomy of the Duke of Austria
special hereditary rights
special succession rights
grantedTitle Duchy of Austria
grantedTo Henry II, Duke of Austria
surface form: Duke Henry II Jasomirgott of Austria
hasConsequence hereditary duchy status for Austria
increased autonomy of Austrian rulers
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
influenced later Habsburg claims to special status
issuedBy Frederick I Barbarossa
surface form: Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Empire
issuedByTitle King of the Romans
issuerRegnalName Frederick I Barbarossa
language Latin
legalForm charter
privilege
legalScope imperial law
legalStatusChange elevation of Austria from march to duchy
placeOfIssue Regensburg
previousStatusOfAustria march
purpose to reorganize the southeastern frontier of the Holy Roman Empire
to secure the position of the Babenberg dynasty in Austria
recognizedSuccessionRule primogeniture with female-line fallback
recognizedTerritory Austria
surface form: Ostarrîchi (Austria)
recognizedTitleHolder Duke of Austria
region Central Europe
subjectMatter hereditary succession in Austria
territorial status of Austria
typeOfPrivilege territorial privilege

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Austria establishedBy Privilegium Minus
Duchy of Austria legalFoundation Privilegium Minus
this entity surface form: Privilegium Minus of 1156
House of Babenberg significantEvent Privilegium Minus