Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria

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Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria

Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria (27 November 1630 – 25 June 1665) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665.

Biography

He was born at Innsbruck, the second son of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria and Claudia de' Medici. He was appointed as bishop of Augsburg in 1646. In 1653, he became bishop of Gurk and in 1659 bishop of Trent. He was never ordained as a priest or consecrated as a bishop.

In 1662 he was put forth by his cousin Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor as a candidate for Archbishop of Strasbourg. This included large cash incentives to the cathedral chapter and a promise that Sigismund would be a very hands off ruler. After the 1662 death of his brother Archduke Ferdinand Charles, he became Archduke of Further Austria, and therefore withdrew from the candidacy for the bishopric.[1] He was more able than his brother and could have made him a good ruler, but with his early death in 1665 the younger Tyrolean line of the Habsburg house ended. Leopold I, who as the heir male succeeded Sigismund Francis, took direct control over the government of Further Austria and Tyrol.

He married Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach on 3 June 1665 and died in Innsbruck twelve days later.

Ancestors

Family of Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Philip I of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (= #22)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Joanna of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Charles II, Archduke of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Vladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (= #23)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Anna of Foix-Candale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Leopold V, Archduke of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. William IV, Duke of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Marie of Baden-Sponheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Maria Anna of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (= #8)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Anna of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (= #9)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Maria Salviati
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Eleanor de Toledo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Maria Osorio, 2nd Marquise of Villafranca
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Claudia de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Christina of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Christina of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Henry II of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Claude of Valois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Catherine de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  1. O'Connor 1978, p. 19-21.
Regnal titles
Preceded by Archduke of Further Austria
1662–1665
Succeeded by
Leopold VI
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
1646–1665
Succeeded by
Johann Christoph von Freyberg-Allmendingen
Preceded by Bishop of Gurk
1653–1665
Succeeded by
Wenzeslaus von Thun
Preceded by Prince-Bishop of Trent
1659–1665
Succeeded by
Ernst Adalbert von Harrach

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