A cikin 1156, Privilegium Minus ya ɗaukaka Austria zuwa matsayin duchy. A cikin 1192, Babenbergs kuma sun sami Duchy na Styria. Tare da mutuwar Frederick II a 1246, layin Babenbergs ya ƙare. A sakamakon haka, Ottokar II na Bohemia ya mallaki ikon mallakar Austria, Styria, da Carinthia. Mulkinsa ya ƙare tare da shan kashi a Dürnkrut a hannun Rudolph I na Jamus a 1278.
Rudolph I