Medieval forged document; elevated Austria to archduchy
Rudolf IV – Rudolfus Archidux Austriae – with archducal hat, painted about 1365
The Privilegium maius (German: Großer Freiheitsbrief 'greater privilege') was a set of medieval documents forged in 1358 or 1359 at the behest of Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (1358–65) of the House of Habsburg. It was essentially a modified version of the Privilegium minus issued by Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in 1156, which had elevated the former March of Austria into a duchy. In a similar way, the Privilegium maius elevated the duchy into an Archduchy of Austria.
The privileges described in the documents had great influence on the Austrian political landscape, and created a unique connection between the House of Habsburg and Austria.
The Privilegiummaius (German: Großer Freiheitsbrief 'greater privilege') was a set of medieval documents forged in 1358 or 1359 at the behest of Duke...
century PrivilegiumMaius, which was a forgery drawn up at the behest of the Habsburg duke Rudolf IV of Austria. The recipient of the Privilegium Minus...
of the Austrian rulers, invented by Duke Rudolf IV in the forged PrivilegiumMaius of 1359, was officially acknowledged by the Habsburg emperor Frederick...
Bull of 1356, already claimed the archducal title by forging the PrivilegiumMaius. Rudolf aimed to achieve a status comparable to the Empire's seven...
the first to claim the title of Archduke of Austria, through the PrivilegiumMaius of 1359, which was actually a forgery and not recognized outside of...
almost continuously until 1806. Through the forged document called privilegiummaius (1358/59), Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339–1365) introduced the title...
when the title "Archduke of Austria" was invented in the forged PrivilegiumMaius (1358–1359) by Duke Rudolf IV of Austria, called Rudolf the Founder...
transferring land in present-day Austria to a Bavarian monastery. In 1156, the Privilegium Minus elevated the march to a duchy, independent of the Duchy of Bavaria...
document's authenticity had been repeatedly contested since 1001. The Privilegiummaius ('greater privilege') was a document composed in 1358 or 1359 – but...
Rudolf IV of Austria, Duke of Austria, self-styled archduke 1358–1365 (PrivilegiumMaius) Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851–1914), economist and early member of...
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Duke Rudolf IV, one of the dukes of fragmented Austria, had the PrivilegiumMaius forged, a document supposedly issued by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa...
Albert's son Rudolf IV of Austria, "the Founder", in the course of his PrivilegiumMaius, awarded himself the title of a "Duke of Carniola" in 1364—though...
dynasties, immediately elevated himself to an Austrian archduke by the PrivilegiumMaius. In 1363 he acquired the County of Tyrol from the last Meinhardiner...
although like his claiming of the title of "Archduke of Austria" by the PrivilegiumMaius, such an elevation was beyond his jurisdiction. The ducal title was...
'real' marriage. Claimed as Archduchess based on the unrecognized PrivilegiumMaius. Did not claim title of Archduchess, but there was the senior Duchess...
ways of succession, status of a monarch (e.g. as in the case of the privilegiummaius deed) or new monarchies altogether (e.g. as in the case of the coronation...
able to be turned into a state lordship in 1359 through the forged privilegiummaius. Other personal claims of territories can be dated back to ancient...
Anleitung zur griechischen Paläographie (Leipzig, 1867, and again 1895). PrivilegiumMaius One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication...
Freeman — a copy of the loyalty oath drawn up by 17th-century Pilgrims PrivilegiumMaius — a medieval manuscript boosting the legitimacy and influence of the...
Duke of Austria. 1359 Rudolf the Founder ordered the creation of the PrivilegiumMaius, a set of forged documents, some purportedly issued by Julius Caesar...
Creation until 1241. (RHF Vol XVIII, Runc. Vol III, p. 494) Maius chronicon Lemovicense. The Maius chronicon Lemovicense or Great Chronicle of Limoges is a...
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