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Albert VI (German: Albrecht VI.; 18 December 1418 – 2 December 1463), 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 ...
Jun 10, 2020 · Albert VI ( German: Albrecht VI.; 18 December 1418 – 2 December 1463), 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 ...
Archduke Albert 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.
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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).
The title was first granted to Frederick's younger brother, Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463), who used it at least from 1458. In 1477, Frederick III also granted the title of Archduke to his first cousin, Sigismund of Austria, ruler of Further Austria (German: Vorderösterreich).
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.
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.
