
12: Habsburg Curiosity
The Making of Modern Ukraine
Let Others Fight Wars, Thou Happy Austria Marry
The Habsburgs come in on the side of the Lucksenborgs in this war. They don't actually help very much on the battlefield, but Albert V gets himself the daughter of the Luckingenborg ruler Elizabeth. And they marry in 1422, which means that Albert von Habsburg is going to become the successor - he becomes Holy Roman Emperor in 1437. The happiest marriages for the Habsbergs are after Matthias Corvinas dies and when Vádiswáv-Yagiejo succeeds him as king of Hungary.
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