In 1156, Privilegium Minus ayaa kor u qaaday Austria in xaaladda duchy ah. In 1192, Babenbergs ayaa sidoo kale helay Duchy ee Styria. Iyada oo dhimashada Frederick II ee 1246, line ee Babenbergs la bakhtiyey. Natiijada, Ottokar II ee Bohemia si wax ku ool ah la wareegay gacanta duchies ee Austria, Styria, iyo Carinthia. Boqortooyadiisa ayaa soo afjaray oo uu guuldarro ku Dürnkrut ee gacmaha Rudolf I ee Germany ee 1278. intaas ka dib, ilaa dagaalkii koowaad ee adduunka, taariikhda Austria ahaa in inta badan in ay boqortooyadiisa xukunka, Habsburgs.
Rudolf I