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TheAlbertinian line was a line of theHabsburg dynasty, begun by DukeAlbert III of Austria, who, after death of his elder brotherRudolf IV, divided theHabsburg hereditary lands with his brotherLeopold III by the 1379Treaty of Neuberg. The branch finally became extinct in the male line with the early death ofLadislaus the Posthumous in 1457.
According to the terms of the treaty, Albert was the ruler over theDuchy of Austria proper, while the southern territories (Inner Austria) were ruled by his brother -Leopold III, ancestor of theLeopoldian line. Albert ruled over Austria until his death in 1395. His only son and heir was also called Albert, he took the rule over his territories asAlbert IV and quickly came to terms with his Leopoldian cousinsWilliam,Leopold IV,Ernest andFrederick IV. When Albert IV died in 1404 he left a minor son - DukeAlbert V of Austria, who remained under the tutelage of his Leopoldine uncles William (until 1406) and Leopold IV (until 1411).
Having assumed the rule over Austria, Albert V in 1421 marriedElizabeth of Luxembourg, the only child of EmperorSigismund. After Sigismund's death in 1437, he was crownedKing of Hungary andKing of Bohemia. In 1438 he also was electedKing of the Romans (as Albert II) andEmperor-to-be, anticipating the powers of the laterHabsburg monarchy, however, he died the next year. The Hungarian throne passed toPolish kingWładysław III against the fierce resistance of Albert's widow Elizabeth.
Albert had left a son who was born only after his death, thereby known as Ladislaus the Posthumous.[1] Ladislaus had to wait for many years for the moment when he could start to govern his territories. Heir of both theKingdom of Bohemia and theKingdom of Hungary, he remained under the tutelage of his Leopoldian cousinFrederick V, who in 1440 had been elected King of the Romans upon Albert's death. Ladislaus' claims to Hungary were acknowledged after King Władysław had been killed in the 1444Battle of Varna, however, he became the real ruler only after the death of regentJohn Hunyadi in 1456. As he had no children, his sudden death in 1457 ended the history of the Albertinian line. Its holdings in Austria reverted to his second cousin Duke Frederick V.
Line extinct