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Albert IV of Austria

Type Figure Region Austria Time 1377–1404 Also known as Albert IV of Austria (Austrian)

Albert IV of Austria (1377–1404), son of Duke Albert III, inherited the Duchy of Austria in 1395, ruling Lower and Upper Austria.

Timeline

  1. 1395–1399Vienna · Duchy of AustriaAfter his father Albert III died in 1395, he inherited the Duchy of Austria, ruling Lower and Upper Austria and consolidating the Habsburg territorial base in the southeast of the Empire.
  2. 1397–1404Vienna · Duchy of AustriaIn the late 1390s he allied with Elector Palatine Rupert III, supporting his replacement of Wenceslaus IV as King of the Germans in 1400. During his reign he carried out territorial administrative reforms; he died suddenly in Vienna in September 1404.

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