Albrecht Habsburg (1255 - 1308)

Born Jul 1255 in Rheinfelden, Aargau, Schweiz

Ancestors

Husband of Elisabeth (Görz-Tirol) Österreich — married 20 Dec 1274 in Wien, Österreich

Descendants

Died 1 May 1308 at age 52 in Königsfelden bei Brugg, Aargau, Schweiz

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Albrecht I of Habsburg sometimes named as Albert I, was King of the Romans, Duke of Austria, and eldest son of German King Rudolph I of Habsburg and Gertrude of Hohenburg.

The founder of the great house of Habsburg was invested with the duchies of Austria and Styria, together with his brother Rudolph II, in 1282. In 1283 his father entrusted him with their sole government, and he appears to have ruled them with conspicuous success. Rudolph I was unable to secure the succession to the German throne for his son, and on his death in 1291, the princes, fearing Albert's power, chose Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg as king. A rising among his Swabian dependents compelled Albert to recognize the sovereignty of his rival, and to confine himself for a time to the government of the Habsburg territories.

He did not abandon his hopes of the throne, however, which were eventually realised. In 1298, he was chosen German king by some of the princes, who were dissatisfied with Adolf. The armies of the rival kings met at the Battle of Göllheim near Worms, where Adolf was defeated and slain. Submitting to a new election but securing the support of several influential princes by making extensive promises, he was chosen at Frankfurt on the July 27, 1298, and crowned at Aachen on August 24.

Albert married Elizabeth, daughter of Meinhard II, count of Gorizia and Tyrol, who was a descendant of the Babenberg margraves of Austria who predated the Habsburgs' rule. The baptismal name Leopold, patron saint margrave of Austria, was given to one of their sons. Elisabeth was in fact better connected to mighty German rulers than her husband: a descendant of earlier kings, for example Emperor Henry IV, she was also a niece of dukes of Bavaria, Austria's important neighbors.

Family and children

He was married Vienna 20 December 1274 Elisabeth of Tirol, daughter of Count Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol. Their children were:

1. Rudolph III (ca. 1282?4 July 1307, Horazdiowitz), Married but line extinct and predeceased his father.
2. Frederick I (King Frederick III of Germany and Duke Frederick III of Austria) (1289?13 January 1330, Gutenstein). Married but line extinct.
3. Leopold I (4 August 1290?28 February 1326, Strassburg). Married but line extinct.
4. Albrecht II (12 December 1298, Vienna?20 July 1358, Vienna).
5. Heinrich (1299?3 February 1327, Bruck an der Mur). Married but line extinct.
6. Meinhard, 1300 died young.
7. Otto (23 July 1301, Vienna?26 February 1339, Vienna). Married but line extinct.
8. Anna (1275/1280, Vienna?19 March 1327, Breslau), married:

in Graz ca. 1295 to Margrave Hermann of Brandenburg; in Breslau 1310 to Duke Heinrich VI of Breslau.

1. Agnes (18 May 1281?10 June 1364, Königsfelden), married in Vienna 13 February 1296 King Andrew III of Hungary.
2. Elisabeth (d. 19 May 1353), married 1304 Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine.
3. Katharina (1295?18 January 1323, Naples), married 1316 Charles, Duke of Calabria.
4. Jutta (d. 1329), married in Baden 26 March 1319 Count Ludwig VI of Öttingen.

Sources

• Albert I of Hapsburg b. 1248: page 17 Brewer's Historic Notebook.
• Franz Xaver von Wegele: Albrecht I., deutscher König. In: Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Hrsg.): Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Band 1 (1875), S. 224–227.
• McCrackan, William Denison. The Rise of the Swiss Republic. A History. 8th ed., Boston, Mass: Arena Pub. Co, 1892.googlebooks.com Accessed November 17, 2007
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