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As Habsburg patriarch, heir of Inner Austria and regent of Further Austria, Tyrol and the Austria proper, he then ruled over all the dynasty's hereditary lands. At that stage, Albert began quarreling with his brother and in 1446 claimed the lands of Further Austria from him.
Jun 10, 2020 · Albert VI , a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1424, elevated to Archduke in 1453. As a scion of the Leopoldian line, he ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1424, from 1457 also over the Archduchy of Austria until his death, rivalling with his elder brother Emperor Frederick III.
The ambitious Albrecht insisted on a division of the inheritance, especially after the death of the heir to the Albertine line, Ladislaus Postumus, in 1457, demanding the cession of the regency over the duchy of Austria (equivalent to modern-day Upper and Lower Austria including Vienna).
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Albrecht VI. (Arch-) Duke of Austria; ruler of Upper Austria from 1457, from 1462 also of Lower Austria. The son of Ernest ‘the Iron’, he ruled over the Habsburg Swabian territories from 1446, but demanded a greater share of power from his brother, Emperor Frederick III.
Background. Albert was born in Vienna, the son of Archduke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria and his wife Cymburgis of Masovia. Career. According to tradition, Albert was the exact opposite of Frederick, energetic and inclined to thoughtlessness.
As a scion of the Leopoldian line, he ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1424, from 1457 also over the Archduchy of Austria until his death, rivalling with his elder brother Emperor Frederick III.
Archduke Albert (born Aug. 3, 1817, Vienna—died Feb. 18, 1895, Arco, South Tirol, Austria-Hungary) was an able field marshal who distinguished himself in the suppression of the Italian Revolution of 1848 and in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and whose reforms turned the Austrian Army into a modern fighting force after its rout by Prussia.
