Austrian Chronicle of the 95 Rulers


The Austrian Chronicle of the 95 Rulers of Leopold von Wien of Vienna is a 14th-century chronicle compiled by order of Albert III, Duke of Austria.
The chronicle is notable for recording legendary history from the time of Noah, constructing an ancestry of the Dukes of Austria connecting them with biblical rulers of the Kingdom of Israel. It exerted considerable influence on 15th century Austrian historiography, a fact underscored by its preservation in more than 50 manuscripts.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the popularity of the chronicle waned rapidly due to its assumed fictional content, and it remained unedited until the early 20th century.
Since its edition, it has played a certain role in proving Biblical history, particularly in US American Biblical literalism, in publications such as those of Herman L. Hoeh and Herbert W. Armstrong
of the Worldwide Church of God, who took the chronicle's genealogies at face value to postulate that, e.g.,

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