Zita rokuti "Austria" rakatanga kunyorwa muna 996, apo rakanyorwa kuti Ostarrîchi, richireva nharaunda yeBabenberg March. Muna 1156, Privilegium Minus yakakwidziridza Austria kuva nzvimbo yedunhu. Muna 1192, maBabenberg akawanawo Duchy yeStyria. Nekufa kwaFrederick II muna 1246, mutsara weBabenberg wakafa. Somugumisiro, Ottokar II weBohemia akawana kutonga kweDuchy yeAustria, Styria, uye Carinthia. Kutonga kwake kwakaguma nekukundwa kwake paDürnkrut naRudolph I weGermany muna 1278.
Rudolph I