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After the death of his father Leopold III in the Battle Of Sempach in 1386 , he stood under the guardianship of Albert III , and in 1401 accompanied the German King Ruprecht on his campaign in Italy . In the separation agreement of 1406 , Ernest received Styria , Carinthia and Carniola , and jointly with his brother Leopold , held the guardianship over young Albert V . This resulted in a civil war in 1407 , which lasted until May 1409 . In 1414 , he became the last Duke to be enthroned according to the traditional rite in Carinthia, and from that time on called himself Archduke . He was the first Habsburg to actually use this title, which had been invented by Rudolf IV . He continuously lived in strife with Emperor Sigismund from 1412 onwards. When his brother Frederick Of Tyrol was banned by the Emperor in 1417 , Ernest first attempted to gain control over Frederick's territories himself, but then came to an agreement with him and successfully defended Tyrol against the Emperor's pretensions. Ernest's grave is in the Cistercian Monastery of Rein . His nickname ''the Iron'' only came into use after his death. FAMILY AND CHILDREN His first spouse was Margaret, Princess Of Pomerania , and the second was Cymburgis Of Masovia , who was his equal in vitality and with whom he had nine children: # Duke Frederick V ( 21 September 1415 – 19 August 1493 ) # Margarete (1416/17 – 12 February 1486 ), married on 3 June 1431 to Frederick II, Elector Of Saxony # Albert ( 18 December 1418 – 2 December 1463 ) # Alexander (d. 1420 ) # Rudolf (d. before 1424 ) # Katharina (1424 – 11 September 1493 ), married on 15 July 1447 to Charles I, Margrave Of Baden-Baden # Leopold (d. before 1424) # Anna (d. 11 November 1429 ) # Ernst II (d. 10 August 1432 ) As the regent of Inner Austria and the founder of the older Styrian Line of the Habsburg family, which, by his son Duke Frederick V survived the Albertine-Austrian and the Tyrolean Lines, he became the ancestor of all later Habsburg emperors. |