Editing Privilegium Minus (section)

==Application==

===13th century succession crisis===
Because the Babenberg Austria was inheritable by female lines, two rival candidates emerged after the last male Babenberg [[Frederick II, Duke of Austria]], Styria and Carinthia died in 1246.

* [[Herman VI, Margrave of Baden]] (died 1250), second husband of [[Gertrude of Babenberg]], the daughter of the late [[Henry of Mödling]], the elder brother of the now late Duke Frederick. She was the [[primogeniture|primogenitural]] heir of Duke Frederick and the entire Babenberg line of Dukes of Austria. Her first husband [[Vladislaus III of Moravia|Vladislav of Bohemia]], Margrave of Moravia (died 1247) had already claimed the Austrian duchy against duke Frederick, as Gertrude was heiress of the elder brother. After Herman's death, her third husband [[Roman Danylovych|Roman, Prince of Novogrudok]] (married 1252, divorced 1253) continued the claim in 1252-53. And then Gertrude and Herman's son [[Frederick I, Margrave of Baden]]'s claim was asserted to the Babenberg inheritance, but he was killed in 1268, leaving a sister (the future Countess of Heunburg) to continue the line.
* King [[Ottokar II of Bohemia]] (1233–78), since 1252 husband of the (childless) [[Margaret of Babenberg]], dowager Queen of the Romans and the only surviving sister of Duke Frederick. By [[proximity of blood]], she was the closest surviving relative of the last duke. Ottokar and Margaret were proclaimed Duke and Duchess of Austria. However, Margaret was barren and they got divorced in 1260, Ottokar marrying a younger woman. Margaret died in 1267 and left no children (so her heiress would be Gertrude again) - but Ottokar kept Austria, Styria etc. claiming to be the heir designated by Margaret in their divorce settlement. He held the duchies until deposed by king [[Rudolf I of Germany]] in 1276.

===18th century succession crisis===
The [[Pragmatic Sanction of 1713]] was partially based on provisions of the ''Privilegium Minus'' of Austria. Although not given to the Habsburgs but to the Babenbergs, it anyway allowed female heirs to succeed in Austria, and it designated to the Duke the right to name a successor in absence of heirs. It led to the [[War of Austrian Succession]].