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Personal data Leopold III "de Vrome" van Oostenrijk 

• He was born in the year 1073 in Gars am Kamp.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  De heilige Leopold, bijg. de Goede en de Vrome, eig. Leopold III van Oostenrijk (Gars am Kamp, 1073 - Klosterneuburg, 15 november 1136), was de oudste zoon van Leopold II en Ida van Cham. Op zijn 22ste volgde hij zijn vader op als markgraaf van Oostenrijk.
  
  Leopold was in 1103 een eerste maal gehuwd met een dochter van Walchun van Perg. Hij huwde in 1106 met Agnes van Waiblingen (-1143), de weduwe van hertog Frederik I van Saksen en de dochter van keizer Hendrik IV van het Heilige Roomse Rijk, waardoor hij de stiefvader werd van Rooms koning Koenraad III.
  
  Leopold stichtte diverse kloosters, onder andere in Heiligenkreuz, Klosterneuburg en Mariazell. Versloeg de Hongaren om zijn land te verdedigen en regelde het concordaat van Worms in 1122. Leopold weigerde de hem aangeboden keizerskroon en ondersteunde actief de Eerste Kruistocht.
  
  In 1486 werd hij heilig verklaard door paus Innocentius VIII. Zijn feestdag is op 15 november. De H. Leopold is patroonheilige van Oostenrijk, van de grote gezinnen en stiefouders en wordt aanroepen tegen kindersterfte. In 1808 werd in Oostenrijk een Leopoldsorde ingesteld. Deze stichting hield geen verband met de Heilige Leopold.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Saint Leopold III (German: Luitpold,1073 – 15 November 1136) was the Margrave of Austria from 1095 to his death in 1136. He was a member of the House of Babenberg. He was canonized on 6 January 1485 and became the patron saint of Austria, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, and Vienna. His feast day is 15 November.[1]
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  Leopold was born at Babenberg castle in Gars am Kamp, the son of Margrave Leopold II and Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg. He married twice. His first wife may have been one of the von Perg family, who died in 1105. His second wife was Agnes, the widowed sister of Emperor Henry V whom he had supported against her father Henry IV. This connection to the Salians raised the importance of the House of Babenberg, to which important royal rights over the margravate of Austria were granted. Also, Agnes had influential connections through her previous marriage, one of her sons being Conrad III of Germany.
  
  Leopold called himself "Princeps Terræ", a reflection of his sense of territorial independence. He was considered a candidate in the election of the Kaiser of The Holy Roman Empire in 1125, but declined this honour.
  
  He is mainly remembered for the development of the country and, in particular, the founding of several monasteries. His most important foundation is Klosterneuburg (1108). According to legend, the Virgin Mary appeared to him and led him to a place where he found the veil of his wife Agnes, who had lost it years earlier. He established the monastery of Klosterneuburg there. He subsequently expanded the settlement to become his residence.
  
  Leopold also founded the monasteries of Heiligenkreuz, Kleinmariazell and Seitenstetten which developed a territory still largely covered by forest. All of these induced the church to canonize him in 1485.
  
  Leopold also fostered the development of cities, such as Klosterneuburg, Vienna and Krems. The last one was granted the right to mint but never attained great importance.
  
  The writings of Henry of Melk and Ava of Göttweig, which are the first literary texts from Austria, date back to Leopold's time.
  
  He is buried in the Klosterneuburg Monastery, which he founded. His skull is kept in an embroidered reliquary, which leaves the forehead exposed; it also wears an archducal crown.
  
  In 1663, under the rule of his namesake Emperor Leopold I, he was declared patron saint of Austria instead of Saint Koloman.
  
  The brothers Joseph and Michael Haydn, each of whom sang in the choir of St. Stephen's Cathedral, both sang in that capacity at Klosterneuburg on this day. Joseph Haydn later became the more famous composer of the two. Michael Haydn later (1805) wrote a Mass in honour of Leopold, the Missa sub titulo Sancti Leopoldi.

• He died on November 15, 1136 in Klosterneuburg, Oostenrijk, he was 63 years old.
• A child of Leopold II "de Schone" van Oostenrijk and Ida van Cham
• This information was last updated on November 22, 2012.

Household of Leopold III "de Vrome" van Oostenrijk

(1) He is married to NN van Perg.

They got married in the year 1103, he was 30 years old.Source 1

(2) He is married to Agnes van Waiblingen.

They got married in the year 1106, he was 33 years old.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Adalbert van Oostenrijk  -1138
2. Uta van Oostenrijk  
3. Bertha van Oostenrijk  1106-1150
4. Leopold IV van Oostenrijk  1108-1141
5. Otto van Freising  1109-1158
6. Agnes van Babenberg  1111-1157 
7. Ernst van Oostenrijk  1113-1137
8. Judith van Babenberg  1114-1164 
9. Hendrik II van Oostenrijk  1114-1177 
10. Gertrudis van Oostenrijk  1120-1151 
11. Koenraad van Oostenrijk  1120-1168
12. Elisabeth van Babenberg  1124-1143 

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