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Germany - Habsburgs, Imperial Office, Unification: In the absence of a male heir, Sigismund had named his son-in-law Albert of Habsburg, duke of Austria, as his successor. Albert was able and vigorous, and the union of the territories of the two dynasties enabled him to exert considerable leverage in German politics. Albert declared his neutrality in the current dispute between Pope Eugenius ...
Albrecht Albrecht II 'der Weise the Wise, Herzog von Österreich, Duke of Austria Österreich (Habsburg) (12 Dec 1298 - 20 Jul 1358)
The treaty concluded in 1379 in the Cistercian monastery of Neuberg an der Mürz between the brothers Albrecht III and Leopold III resulted in division of the Habsburg possessions while preserving mutual claims of inheritance. According to its provisions Albrecht received the duchy of Austria (Upper and Lower Austria) including the Traungau and Salzkammergut. For his part
Albert III with the Pigtail (1349 - 1395) was the Archduke of Austria (1365 - 1395), and Duke of Carinthia and Styria, and Margrave of Carniola (1365 - 1379). Albert was the third son of Duke Albert II the Wise of the House of Habsburg. After his two elder brothers died without heirs, Albert became the ruler of the Austrian domain in 1365. After several years of quarelling, Albert split the ...
In Austria: Division of the Habsburg lands …two brothers, Albert III and Leopold III. After some years of joint rule, however, they quarreled and in 1379, by the Treaty of Neuberg, partitioned the family lands. Albert, as the elder brother, received the more prosperous countries on the Danube (Upper and Lower Austria). The rest of the ...
The life of Duke Albrecht III was initially marked by the crisis within the family and the lack of political orientation following the early death of Duke Rudolf IV. Duke Albrecht III was the third son of Duke Albrecht II and Joan of Ferrette. After his father’s death in 1358 the young boy came under the authority of his eldest brother, Duke ...
Albert I (born c. 1255—died May 1, 1308, Brugg, Switz.) was the duke of Austria and German king from 1298 to 1308 who repressed private war, befriended the serfs, and protected the persecuted Jews. The eldest son of King Rudolf I of the House of Habsburg, Albert was invested with the duchies of Austria and Styria in 1282.
