Editing House of Babenberg (section)

===Rise to power===
The second duke was Henry's son [[Leopold V of Austria (Babenberg)|Leopold V]], who succeeded him in 1177 and took part in the crusades of 1182 and 1190 as well as the [[Third Crusade]]. In Palestine, he quarrelled with King [[Richard I of England]], captured him on his homeward journey and handed him over to Emperor [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]]. Leopold increased the territories of the Babenbergs by acquiring the [[Duchy of Styria]] under the will of his kinsman Duke [[Ottokar IV of Styria|Ottokar IV]]. He died in 1194, and Austria fell to one son, [[Frederick I of Austria (Babenberg)|Frederick]], and Styria to another, [[Leopold VI of Austria|Leopold]]; but on Frederick's death in 1198 they were again united by Leopold as Duke Leopold VI, surnamed "the Glorious".<ref name="EB1911"/>

The new duke fought in the crusades in [[Al-Andalus|Spain]], [[Ayyubid dynasty|Egypt]], and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], but is more celebrated as a lawgiver, a patron of letters, and a founder of many towns. Under him Vienna became the centre of culture in [[Germany]] and the great school of [[Minnesingers]]. His later years were spent in strife with his son Frederick, and he died in 1230 at San Germano, now renamed [[Cassino]], whither he had gone to arrange the peace between Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]] and [[Pope Gregory IX]].<ref name="EB1911"/>