A Habsburg hercegek szentföldi utazásai
The Pilgrimages of the Habsburg Dukes to the Holy Land

Summary/Abstract: In 1399 Dukes Albert IV (the Patient) and William II (the Ambitious) of Austria tried to acquire from Venice a piece of the bones of Saint Stephen the First Martyr for the cathedral of Vienna, dedicated to the Saint. It was this event that called the author’s attention to the pilgrimage of the Habsburg dukes to the Holy Land, for it seemed curious enough that several members of the same ruling family, with an outstanding role in European history, decided to visit the Holy Sepulchre. Therefore, the paper examines the pilgrimages of Dukes Albert IV (the Patient), Ernst II (the Iron), and Frederick III from 1398, 1414 and 1436 respectively.

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