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The late 13th century was the sniper’s alley for many a powerful family. The disappearance of great dynasties, the Arpads of Hungary, the Premyslids of Bohe...
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- History of the Germans
With the death of Albrecht the House of Habsburg lost one of its most dynamic representatives. His sudden death was a massive blow to the emergent dynasty and put an end to efforts to keep the imperial crown in the family.
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Died on 1 May 1308, assassinated on the banks of the River Reuss near Brugg im Aargau. In 1282 Albrecht was enfeoffed by his father Rudolf I with the lands along the Danube that were to form the nucleus of Habsburg power. His first achievement was to ensure Habsburg dominion in these regions.
Plön, 21 July 1748 - d. Ballenstedt, 2 March 1769), daughter of Frederick Carl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön and a princess of Denmark by birth as a descendant in the male line of King Christian III. They had two children: Alexius Frederick Christian, Prince and from 1807 Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Ballenstedt, 12 June 1767 - d.
- 18 May 1765–9 April 1796
- Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
In 1282 Rudolf enfeoffed his two sons Albrecht (I) and Rudolf (II) ‘jointly and severally’ with the two lands. This marks the official start of Habsburg rule in Austria, although the territory had already been under Habsburg control since the victory on the Marchfeld in 1278. Albrecht was the eldest son of Rudolf I and Gertrud of Hohenberg.
"Albrecht von Anhalt war der Sohn des Grafen Bernhard I. von Anhalt-Bernburg und der Sophia, Tochter des Königs von Dänemark. Seit 1292 als Halberstädter Domherr belegt, seit 1302 als Propst des Halberstädter Stiftes St. Paul. Nach dem 27. oder 28. Oktober des Jahres 1303 ist er zum Bischof von Halberstadt gewählt und am 15.
Emperor of Mexico (House of Habsburg-Lorraine) Coat of arms of the Mexican Empire adopted by Maximilian I in 1864. Maximilian, the adventurous second son of Archduke Franz Karl, was invited as part of Napoleon III 's manipulations to take the throne of Mexico, becoming Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.
