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.&nbsp;How was that possible? Here is friend of the podcast, Eneas Silvio Piccolomini summarizing events: quote Albrecht grew up and married Elizabeth, daughter of King Sigismund. She was a very beautiful woman, who lived with him most virtuously. After the Bohemians had turned to heresy and terrorised all their neighbours with wars, he alone, with great strength, protected Moravia and Austria, and the damage he inflicted upon the Bohemians was not less than the damage he took from them. He was always in arms and, like the Bohemians, used waggon formations in battle. Making his soldiers undergo hard military training, Albrecht was the only one of all their neighbours whom the Bohemians feared, having been often defeated by him and put to flight.When his father-in-law Sigismund died, the Hungarians soon called him to the kingship, and the Bohemians followed suit. Thus, in a very short time, he gained two large kingdoms. In the meantime, the electors of the Empire, having heard about Sigismund’s death, elected Albrecht as King of the Romans and sent their decree to him in Vienna.” End quoteBish bash bosh – that is it, end of episode. Thanks for coming.OK, maybe we have to go with Skipper from the Penguins of Madagascar and demand: Kowalski- AnalysisThe music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.windrep.org/Michel_Rondeau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michel Rondeau</a>&nbsp;under&nbsp;<a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_E-flat_major%2C_H.545_%28Bach%2C_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel%29" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Common Creative Licence 3.0</a>.As always:Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog:&nbsp;<a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.historyofthegermans.com</a>If you wish to support the show go to: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/support-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support • History of the Germans Podcast</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HOTGPod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HOTGPod&nbsp;</a>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.net/@history_of_the_germans_podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@history_of_the_germans_podcast</a>Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/hotgpod.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hotgpod.bsky.social</a>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/history_of_the_germans/?hl=en-gb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">history_of_the_germans</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/germanshistory?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germanshistory</a>To make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season. So far I have:<a href="https://podfollow.com/ottonians" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ottonians</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/salian-emperors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Salian Emperors and Investiture Controversy</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/salian-emperors-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fredrick Barbarossa and Early Hohenstaufen</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/salian-emperors-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frederick II Stupor Mundi</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/saxony-and-eastward-expansion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saxony and Eastward Expansion</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/the-hanseatic-league" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hanseatic League</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/the-teutonic-knights" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Teutonic Knights</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/the-holy-roman-empire-1250-1356" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Holy Roman Empire 1250-1356</a><a href="https://podfollow.com/1803590966" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Reformation before the Reformation</a>

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