Albrecht IV (Habsburg)

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Count Albrecht IV of Habsburg, bronze statue, Innsbruck Court Church

Albrecht IV, Count of Habsburg (* around 1188 ; † November 25, 1239 in Askalon ; called the Wise also the Rich ) was Count in Aargau and Frickgau with the Habsburgs , Brugg , Bremgarten and Muri , Landgrave in Upper Alsace and Captain of Strasbourg and Vogt of the Säckingen monastery .

Life

Albrecht was a son of Count Rudolf II von Habsburg and Agnes von Staufen . After the death of his father, he shared with his brother Rudolf III. ( the silent one ) the inheritance.

Around 1217 he married Heilwig von Kyburg († after 1263), daughter of Count Ulrich III. and Anna von Zähringen . He had five children with her. These included the three sons Rudolf IV , who as Rudolf I became the first Roman-German king of the Habsburg dynasty, as well as Albrecht V, canon in Basel and Strasbourg and Hartmann. In addition, the connection resulted in Kunigunde (who was married to Heinrich III von Küssenburg , childless) and a daughter of unknown name.

In 1228 he won the victory of Blodelsheim over the Counts of Pfirt as field captain of the city and the bishop of Strasbourg in the Habsburg inheritance dispute . Albrecht was a supporter of the Hohenstaufen .

Albrecht IV was believed to be the founder of Waldshut . The Chronicle of Clevi Fryger names the year 1249 as the date of foundation. The existence of the city is only reliably attested from 1256. The year 1249 as the year of foundation is not tenable.

Albrecht IV took part in the barons' crusade and died of the plague during the fortification of Askalon Castle.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Albrecht IV of Habsburg  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Friedrich Krieger : Rudolf von Habsburg. Darmstadt 2003, p. 59.
  2. ^ Karl-Friedrich Krieger: Rudolf von Habsburg. Darmstadt 2003, p. 59.
  3. ↑ Paul Kläui:  Albrecht IV., The wise. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 164 ( digitized version ).
  4. ↑ See also Karl-Friedrich Krieger: Rudolf von Habsburg. Darmstadt 2003, p. 66. (with further literature)
  5. ^ Joseph Ruch, History of the City of Waldshut. Waldshut 1966, p. 28.
predecessor Office successor
Rudolf II. Count of Habsburg
1232–1239 		Rudolf IV.
personal data
SURNAME Albrecht IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albrecht the Wise, Albrecht the Rich; Albrecht IV, Count of Habsburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count in Aargau, landgrave in Upper Alsace and field captain of Strasbourg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1188
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1239
Place of death Ascalon