Albert IV, Count of Habsburg

Count of Habsburg and ancestor of the royal House of Habsburg
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCount of Habsburg and ancestor of the royal House of Habsburg
wasCount Noble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1188
Death13 December 1239Holy Land (aged 51 years)
Family
Father:Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg
Siblings:Rudolph III Count of Laufenburg
Children:Rudolph I of Germany
The details

Biography

Albert IV (or Albert the Wise) (ca. 1188 – December 13, 1239) was Count of Habsburg in the Aargau and a progenitor of the royal House of Habsburg.

He was the son of Count Rudolph II of Habsburg and Agnes of Staufen. About 1217 Albert married Hedwig (Heilwig), daughter of Count Ulrich of Kyburg (died 1237) and Anna of Zähringen. Upon the death of his father in 1232 he divided his family's estates with his brother Rudolph III, whereby he retained the ancestral seat at Habsburg Castle. A follower of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, he took part in the Barons' Crusade with King Theobald I of Navarre and died near Ashkelon.

Albert was the father of King Rudolph I of Germany, and a mutual ancestor of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and of his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg

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