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"On 26 August 1278 the army of Rudolf of Habsburg, the German king [ Holy Roman Emperor ?] defeated the forces of Otakar, king of Bohemia, near Dürnkrut on the Marschfeld, north-east of Vienna. Marchfelt was a majour turning point in Austrian history, for it made the Habsburgs rulers of Austria. From then until 1918, its history is inseparable from the career of this paragon of dynastic politics."
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Fate took another turn in June 1246. Duke Frederick II was killed fighting the Hungarians. Crucially he had no male heir. The "privilegium minus" provided for succesion through the female line but that was also unclear. The Babenbergs had committed the cardinal sin of European feudal politics. To end the crisis, Austrian nobles invited Otakar, king of Bohemia, but German nobles elected their own candidate ...
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