Duchy of Lower Austria (1379-1457)
State of the Holy Roman Empire (1379-1457)
Location: Northeast Austria
Capital City: Vienna
Government type: Feudal Monarchy
Main languages: German
Main religions: Catholic Christianity
Note: Not to be confused with the modern federal state of Lower Austria. The Duchy included "Austria Proper", the original core lands of the Austrian Margraviate, corresponding to modern Upper Austria, Lower Austria, and Vienna, as well as the County of Schaunberg from 1380 on.
Chronology
1379: Austria is partitioned into Lower Austria under the Albertinian line of the Habsburgs, and Inner-Further Austria under the Leopoldinians.
1437-1439: In personal union with Bohemia and Hungary
1457: Absorbed into the Archduchy of Inner Austria with the extinction of the Albertinians
Currency
Pfennig (1379-1457)
1 Pfennig = 2 Obol • 1 Groschen 3 Kreuzer = 12 Pfennig • 1 Goldgulden = 968 Pfennig • 1 Ducat = 1080 Pfennig
Coins from Lower Austria in the collection
•1 Pfennig, 1416-1439 (Duke Albrecht V (1404-1438), silver, Vienna mint, CNA#Fa5)