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Albert II of Germany

Albert the Magnanimous KG, elected King of the Romans as Albert II (10 August 1397 – 27 October 1439), was emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria. Through his wife (jure uxoris) he also became King of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and inherited a claim to the Duchy of Luxembourg.[1]

Albert the Magnanimous

14 September 1404 – 27 October 1439

Albert IV

Ladislaus the Posthumous

18 December 1437 – 27 October 1439

1 January 1438, Székesfehérvár

Sigismund

Vladislaus I

18 March 1438 – 27 October 1439

Sigismund

Frederick III

6 May 1438 – 27 October 1439

29 June 1438, Prague

Sigismund

Ladislaus the Posthumous

10 August 1397
Vienna, Duchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire

27 October 1439(1439-10-27) (aged 42)
Neszmély, Kingdom of Hungary

Székesfehérvár
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(m. 1422)​

Habsburg

Albert IV, Duke of Austria

Joanna Sophia of Bavaria

The Hussite Wars and Widespread Persecution[edit]

Beginning with the first crusade in the year 1095 persecution against those not within the Catholic faith were deemed as heretical and were to be destroyed, or converted.[7] While the papal call for the end to heresy applied to Muslims traditionally, there was widespread violence that spread to other religious or social groups.[8] Jews and lepers were the main targets along with Muslims in the crusade to destroy "devilry."[9][10] The persecution of Jews came as no surprise in connection with the Hussite Wars. The call to arms against Heretics meant the call to arms against all who are not Christian, with the hopes of their destruction or conversion.[10] However, the crusaders saw that as an opportunity to convert all who were not Christian, the Jews and lepers included not just the intended Muslims.[9] If the heretics did not convert to Christianity they were massacred, usually burned. This would apply later in the Hussite Wars, which was a continuation of the crusades, as Albert II came to power as Duke of Austria, who was a willing participant in the fight against heresy. The Hussite Wars is a series of crusades against heresy in the Middle ages spanning from 1418-1437 and through his loyalty to the church and the persecutive works of his contemporaries, he would embark on his own persecutive journey against the Jews.[11]

(1432–1462), who married William III, Duke of Saxony.[2] William became (1457–69) Duke of Luxembourg, in right of his wife

Anne of Austria

(c. 1436–1439 to 1505), who married Casimir IV of Poland,[2] and whose son Vladislaus II of Bohemia later became king of Bohemia and Hungary

Elisabeth

George (born and died at on 16 February 1435)

Vienna

King of Hungary and Bohemia[4]

Ladislas V Posthumus of Bohemia

. He was related to every other German king.

Kings of Germany family tree

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Jackson-Laufer, Guida Myrl (1999). . ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576070918.

Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide

Previté-Orton, C. W., ed. (1978). Cambridge Medieval History, Shorter. Vol. II:The Twelfth Century to the Renaissance. Cambridge University Press.

(1978). The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume II: The Fifteenth Century. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-127-2.

Setton, Kenneth M.

Entry about in the database Gedächtnis des Landes on the history of the state of Lower Austria (Lower Austria Museum)

Albert II of Germany

Tripota – Trier portrait database

Illustration by Francesco Terzio from 1569: Albertus II, Imp. ()

Digitized

in the German National Library catalogue

Literature by and about Albrecht II.

in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)

Works by and about Albert II of Germany