Duke Albert or Albrecht (July 25, 1336, Munich – December 13, 1404, The Hague) was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. Additionally he held a portion of the province of Straubing, it being his Bavarian ducal line's appanage and seat. July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... Events End of the Kemmu restoration and beginning of the Muromachi period in Japan. ... Jump to: navigation, search For the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, see Munich (film) Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events June 14 - Owain Glyndwr of Wales allies with the French against the English and the Henry of Lancaster. ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ... Jump to: navigation, search Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... Hainaut (Dutch: Henegouwen; Ger. ... Location of Zeeland in the Netherlands Zeeland is a province of the Netherlands. ... Straubing is an independent city in Niederbayern. ...

He was the third son of Empress Margaret, daughter of William III, Count of Holland and Hainaut, from her marriage with Ludwig of Bavaria. Ludwig also had sons from his first marriage. Albert was originally a younger son, apportioned at best an appanage. He was only 10 years old when his father the Emperor died, leaving ost of his Bavarian inheritance to the eldest half-brother, but also some appanages to the younger sons. William III of Avesnes (1286 - June 7, 1337) was count of Hainaut and Holland from 1304 to his death, succeeding his father, John II. He married Joanna of Valois, sister of king Philip VI of France, in 1305 and had the following children: William IV of Hainaut (1307-1345) John... Louis IV of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach (born 1282) was duke of Bavaria from 1294, duke of the Palatinate from 1329 and, after 1314, Holy Roman Emperor. ...

He married in Passau after July 19, 1353, Margarete of Brieg (1342/43 – 1386), and had seven children: Old Town of Passau Passau (Latin: Batavia) is a town in Niederbayern, Eastern Bavaria, Germany, known also as Dreiflüssestadt (the City of three rivers), because the Danube River is joined there by the Inn River from the South, and the Ilz River coming out of the Bavarian Forest to... Jump to: navigation, search July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... Events The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio. ... Events Battle of Sempach: Swiss safeguard independence from Habsburg rule End of reign of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. ...

1. Johanna (1356/61 – December 31, 1386, Karlstein), married on September 29, 1370 Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
2. Katharina (c. 1361 – 1400, Hattem), married in Geertruidenberg in 1379 William I, Duke of Jülich and Guelders (d. 1402)
3. Margaret (1363 – January 23, 1423, Dijon), married in Cambrai in 1385 John, Duke of Burgundy
4. William VI, Count of Holland (1365–1417)
5. Albert (1369 – January 21, 1397, Kelheim)
6. Johanna (1373, Munich – October 17, 1410, Vienna), married in Vienna in 1390 Albert IV of Austria.
7. John, Count of Holland (1374/76 – 1425), Bishop of Liège

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His elder brother, William V, Count of Hainaut, had engaged in a long struggle with their mother, obtaining Holland and Zeeland from her in 1354, and Hainaut on her death in 1356. However, William's insanity resulted in the appointment of Albert as governor of his brother's territories. William lived for some time; Albert did not formally succeed him until his death in 1388, by which time he had already married his daughters to a number of Imperial princes and other nobles. The eldest daughter to have issue was Margaret; her son Philip III, Duke of Burgundy would ultimately inherit Albert's territories. Events End of reign of John VI Cantacuzenus, as Byzantine emperor. ... Events January 20 - Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England April 16 — the King of the Serbian Kingdom of RaÅ¡ka Stefan DuÅ¡an is proclaimed Tsar (Emperor) of all Serbs, Arbanasses and Greeks in Skopje by the Serbian Orthodox Christian Patriarch of a... Events Beginning of prosecution of Lollards in England The Battle of Otterburn between England and Scotland Births September 29 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (d. ... Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (Philip the Good or Philippe le Bon) (1396–1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. ...

He made a second marriage in 1394 in Heusden with Margaret of Cleves (c. 1375 – 1412), sister of Adolf I, Duke of Cleves, but they had no children. // Events Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, travels with King Richard II of England to Ireland. ... Heusden is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. ... Events October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan. ...

On Albert's death in 1404, he was succeeded by his eldest son, William. A younger son, John, became Bishop of Liège. However, on William's death in 1417, a war of succession broke out between John and William's daughter Jacqueline of Hainaut. This would be the last episode of the Hook and Cod wars and place the counties into Burgundian hands. Events June 14 - Owain Glyndwr of Wales allies with the French against the English and the Henry of Lancaster. ... The Bishopric of Liège or Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in present Belgium. ... Events Antipope Benedict XIII is deposed, and Pope Martin V is elected. ... The Hook and Cod wars (Dutch: Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten) comprise a series of wars and battles in Holland between 1350 and 1490. ...