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Ottokar IV of Styria

1163–1192 · 12th century

Ottokar IV was the last of the Otakar rulers of Styria and its first duke, raised to that rank by Frederick Barbarossa in 1180. Childless and ill, he concluded the Georgenberg Pact in 1186, leaving Styria to the Babenberg dukes of Austria, who inherited on his death in 1192.

Ottokar IV of Styria
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Margraviate of StyriaDuchy of Styria

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