Reign 1395 - 1404 Mother Beatrix of Nuremberg | Name Albert Duke Children Albert II of Germany | |
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Parents Albert III, Duke of Austria, Beatrice of Nuremberg Grandchildren Ladislaus the Posthumous, Elizabeth of Austria, Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia Similar People Albert II of Germany, Elizabeth of Luxembourg, Elizabeth of Austria, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Charles IV - Holy Roman E | ||
Albert IV of Austria (19 September 1377 – 14 September 1404) was a Duke of Austria.
He was born in Vienna, the son of Albert III of Austria and Beatrix of Nuremberg. 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.
Family and children
He was married in Vienna 24 April 1390 to Johanna Sophia of Bavaria, daughter of Albrecht I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and Margarete of Brieg. Their children were: