Noble family House of Zahringen Mother Catherine of Austria | Name Albert, of Died 1488, Damme, Belgium | |
Father Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden Role Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden's son Parents Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden Grandparents Catherine of Lorraine, Margravine of Baden-Baden, Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden Great-grandparents Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, Margaret of the Palatinate People also search for Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden | ||
Albert, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg (1456 at Hachberg Castle – 1488 in Damme) was a Margrave of Baden.
He was the son of Margrave Charles I of Baden and Catherine of Austria. In 1475, Charles I died and Albert and his elder brother Chrisopher I inherited the margraviate. At first, they ruled jointly, however, in 1476, they divided their inheritance. Albert received the County of Hochberg and Christopher ruled Baden-Baden alone. However, Albert immedidately transferred Hochberg to his brother, in exchange for an annual pension, so that the margraviate remained de facto undivided.
The division agreement was initially limited to a period of six years, which expired in 1482. In that year, the brothers decided to extend the agreement indefinitely. When Albert died childless in 1488, Hochberg fell back to Christopher.