Albert IV, Duke of Austria


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Albert IV of Austria (19 September 1377 – 14 September 1404) was a Duke of Austria.

Albert IV

Albert IV of Austria by Anton Boys

Duke of Austria
Reign1395 - 1404
PredecessorAlbert the Pigtail
SuccessorAlbert V
Born19 September 1377
Vienna
Died14 September 1404 (aged 26)
Klosterneuburg
SpouseJoanna Sophia of Bavaria
IssueMargarete
Albert II of Germany
HouseHouse of Habsburg
FatherAlbert III of Austria
MotherBeatrix of Nuremberg

He was born in Vienna, the son of Albert III of Austria and Beatrix of Nuremberg.[1] He was the Duke of Austria from 1395 until 1404, which then included roughly today's Lower Austria and most of Upper Austria, as the other Habsburg dominions were at that time ruled by his relatives of the Leopoldinian Line of the family. Albert's rule was characterized by quarrels with that part of his family and with members of the Luxemburg dynasty, Wenceslaus and Sigismund.

Albert died at Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria, in 1404. He is buried in the Ducal Crypt in the Stephansdom in Vienna. He was succeeded by his son Albert. Through his maternal grandmother, Elisabeth of Meissen, Albert IV descended from Babenberg dukes of Austria.

He was married in Vienna 24 April 1390 to Joanna Sophia of Bavaria,[1] daughter of Albrecht I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and Margarete of Brieg. Their children were:

  1. Margarete (26 June 1395, Vienna–24 December 1447), married in Landshut 25 November 1412 to Duke Henry XVI of Bavaria.[1]
  2. Albert V (16 August 1397–27 October 1439, Neszmély, Hungary).[1]

Male-line family tree

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House of Habsburg[n 1]
  Original line
Albert
Count of Habsburg
c. 1188–1239
Rudolf I
of Germany
c. 1218–1291
Albert I
of Germany
1255–1308		Hartmann
1263–1281		Rudolf II
Duke of Austria
1270–1290
Rudolf I
of Bohemia
1281–1307		Frederick
the Fair
c. 1289–1330		Leopold I
Duke of Austria
1290–1326		Albert II
Duke of Austria
1298–1358		Henry
the Friendly
1299–1327		Otto
Duke of Austria
1301–1339		John
Parricida
c. 1290–1312/1313
  Albertinian line  Leopoldian line
Rudolf IV
Duke of Austria
1339–1365		Frederick III
1347–1362		Albert III
Duke of Austria
1349–1395		Leopold III
Duke of Austria
1351–1386		Frederick II
Duke of Austria
1327–1344		Leopold II
Duke of Austria
1328–1344
Albert IV
Duke of Austria
1377–1404		William
Duke of Austria
c. 1370–1406		Leopold IV
Duke of Austria
1371–1411		Ernest
Duke of Austria
1377–1424		Frederick IV
Duke of Austria
1382–1439
Albert II
of Germany
1397–1439		Frederick III
HRE
1415–1493		Albert VI
Archduke of Austria
1418–1463		Sigismund
Archduke of Austria
1427–1496
Ladislaus
the Posthumous
1440–1457		Maximilian I
HRE
1459–1519
Philip I
of Castile
1478–1506
  Spanish / Iberian line  Austrian / HRE line
Charles V
HRE
1500–1558		Ferdinand I
HRE
1503–1564
Philip II
of Spain
1527–1598		Maximilian II
HRE
1527–1576		Ferdinand II
Archduke of Austria
1529–1595		Charles II
Archduke of Austria
1540–1590
Carlos
Prince of Asturias
1545–1568		Philip III
of Spain
1578–1621		Rudolf II
HRE
1552–1612		Ernest
of Austria
1553–1595		Matthias
HRE
1557–1619		Maximilian III
Archduke of Austria
1558–1618		Albert VII
Archduke of Austria
1559–1621		Wenceslaus
Archduke of Austria
1561–1578		Andrew
Margrave of Burgau
1558–1600		Charles
Margrave of Burgau
1560–1618		Ferdinand II
HRE
1578–1637		Maximilian Ernest
of Austria
1583–1616		Leopold V
Archduke of Austria
1586–1632		Charles
of Austria
1590–1624
Philip IV
of Spain
1605–1665		Charles
of Austria
1607–1632		Ferdinand
of Austria
1609–1641		John-Charles
of Austria
1605–1619		Ferdinand III
HRE
1608–1657		Leopold Wilhelm
of Austria
1614–1662		Ferdinand Charles
Archduke of Austria
1628–1662		Sigismund Francis
Archduke of Austria
1630–1665
Balthasar Charles
Prince of Asturias
1629–1646		Charles II
of Spain
1661–1700		Ferdinand IV
King of the Romans
1633–1654		Leopold I
HRE
1640–1705		Charles Joseph
of Austria
1649–1664
Joseph I
HRE
1678–1711		Charles VI
HRE
1685–1740
Notes:
  1. ^ "Habsburg family tree". Habsburg family website. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  1. ^ a b c d Previte-Orton 1952, p. 796.
  • Previte-Orton, C.W. (1952). The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History: The Twelfth Century to the Renaissance. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press.

Albert IV, Duke of Austria

Born: 19 September 1377 Died: 14 September 1404
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Austria
1395–1404 		Succeeded by