Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick III Habsburg was born in 1415. He became archduke
Frederick V of
Austria in 1424. He acceded as emperor of the
Holy Roman Empire in 1440 and was married to Eleanore of
Portugal.
Frederick's father was Ernest the Iron (Ernst der Eiserne),born 1406 and his wife Cymburga of
Masovia.
Frederick III had a son named
Maximilian. For the last ten years of Frederick's life he and his son co-ruled as emperors. Frederick died 1493.