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Albert the Magnanimous KG, elected King of the Romans as Albert II (10 August 1397 – 27 October 1439), was king of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria. Through his wife ( jure uxoris) he also became King of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and inherited a claim to the Duchy ...
- 14 September 1404 – 27 October 1439
- Joanna Sophia of Bavaria
House / Dynasty: House of Habsburg. 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). On the death of his father-in-law, the Holy Roman emperor Sigismund ...
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May 9, 2023 · Name in native language. Albrecht II. von Habsburg. Date of birth. 10 August 1397, 16 August 1397 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584) Vienna. Date of death. 27 October 1439. Neszmély. Manner of death.
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Afterwards engaged in defending Hungary against the attacks of the Turks, he died on the 27th of October 1439 at Langendorf, and was buried at Stuhlweissenburg. Albert was an energetic and warlike prince, whose short reign gave great promise of usefulness for Germany.
He served in that capacity until he died, on Oct. 27 1439, in Nezmély, Hungary, fighting the Turks. Among his prime achievements were the ending of private warfare and feuds and the division of Germany into administrative circles, from which his successors benefited much more than he did.
The poem A Monarch's Death-bed., by Felicia Hemans recalls the scene of Albert's death, where he was supposedly comforted by a passing peasant woman. From Friendship's Offering annual, 1826. Sources. George, Hereford Brooke (1875).
Albert the Magnanimous KG, elected King of the Romans as Albert II was king of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria. Through his wife he also became King of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and inherited a claim to the Duchy of Luxembourg.
