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Leopold V 1157-94
European nobleman and crusader

He was Duke of Austria from 1177 and of Styria from 1192, and captor of King Richard I of England. A crusader, he became a bitter enemy of Richard on the Third Crusade (1189-92), and took him prisoner in his dominions as he made his way home to England (1192).