Georgenberg Pact

The Georgenberg Pact (German: Georgenberger Handfeste) was signed on 17 August 1186 on the Georgenberg mountain above Enns. Also called the Georgenberg Compact, it has been incorrectly called by English-speaking historians a "Styrian Magna Carta", for it sought to maintain the rights of the Styrian ministeriales in anticipation of the Babenberg acquisition. It consisted of two parts. The first part was an agreement between Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (from the Otakars dynasty) and Duke Leopold V of Austria (from the Babenberg dynasty). The childless and deathly ill Ottokar, who had contracted leprosy while on the Third Crusade, was to give his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided. The second part consists of

Georgenberg Pact

The Georgenberg Pact (German: Georgenberger Handfeste) was signed on 17 August 1186 on the Georgenberg mountain above Enns. Also called the Georgenberg Compact, it has been incorrectly called by English-speaking historians a "Styrian Magna Carta", for it sought to maintain the rights of the Styrian ministeriales in anticipation of the Babenberg acquisition. It consisted of two parts. The first part was an agreement between Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (from the Otakars dynasty) and Duke Leopold V of Austria (from the Babenberg dynasty). The childless and deathly ill Ottokar, who had contracted leprosy while on the Third Crusade, was to give his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided. The second part consists of