Ep. 208: Albrecht II (1438-1439) - Boy Meets Princess, Boy Becomes King

Last week we saw the family slowly climbing out of the hole that Friedrich IV of the Tyrol had dug them. But despite all these consolidation efforts, the family was still in the second league of European princely families. Then, just 25 years after Ernst the Iron married down into minor Polish royalty, his first cousin once removed, Albrecht V became King of Hungary, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia, all in one single year, 1438. How was that possible? Here is friend of the podcast, Eneas Silvio Piccolomini summarizing events: quote Albrecht...