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Frederick III
- From southwestern Germany (mainly Alsace, Breisgau, Aargau and Thurgau) the family extended its influence and holdings to the southeastern reaches of the Holy Roman Empire, roughly today's Austria (1278 - 1382). In 1440, Frederick III was chosen by the Electoral College to succeed Albert II as the king.
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Vacant 1439–1440: Regency of Frederick V, Duke of Austria (1440-1452) Succeeded as a minor, under guardianship of his Ernestine cousin. His death without descendants ended the Albertinian line, and the domains he inherited in Bohemia and Hungary, which were only recovered during the reign of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. Ladislaus the ...
Albert the Magnanimous KG, elected King of the Romans as Albert II (10 August 1397 – 27 October 1439), was emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria.
Frederick III (born Sept. 21, 1415, Innsbruck, Austria—died Aug. 19, 1493, Linz) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1452 and German king from 1440 who laid the foundations for the greatness of the House of Habsburg in European affairs. Frederick, the son of Duke Ernest of Austria, inherited the Habsburg possessions of Inner Austria (Styria ...
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Albert II (born Aug. 16, 1397—died Oct. 27, 1439, Neszmély, Hung.) was a German king from 1438, king of Hungary, king of Bohemia, and duke of Luxembourg. As a member of the Habsburg dynasty, he was archduke of Austria from infancy (1404).
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Read. 1440: Emperor Frederick and the Bohemian Heritage. Friedrich III (1415–1493), who became Duke of Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola in 1424 and Duke of Austria in 1439, was elected King of the Romans in Aix-la-Chapelle in 1440 and crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the pope in 1452.
Of more momentous consequence was the sudden death of Albrecht V, the head of the Albertine line of the dynasty, who had ruled over Lower and Upper Austria. He had been elected Roman-German king only the previous year (1438), but his position as head of the Empire was not yet secure.
Prior to his imperial coronation, he was duke of the Inner Austrian lands of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1424, and also acted as regent over the Duchy of Austria from 1439. He was elected and crowned King of Germany in 1440. His reign of 53 years is the longest in the history of the Holy Roman Empire or the German monarchy.
