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Duke Albert I 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 Bavaria n province of Straubing , it being his Bavarian ducal line's appanage and seat. 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. 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. On Albert's death in 1404 , he was succeeded by his eldest son, William . A younger son, John III , 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 finally place the counties into Burgundian hands. FAMILY AND CHILDREN Albert married in Passau after July 19 , 1353 , Margarete of Brieg (1342/43 – 1386 ), and had seven children: # Johanna (1356/61 – December 31 , 1386 , Karlstein ), married on September 29 , 1370 Wenceslaus, King Of The Romans # Katharina (c. 1361 – 1400 , Hattem ), married in Geertruidenberg in 1379 William I, Duke of Jülich and Guelders (d. 1402 ) # Margaret ( 1363 – January 23 , 1423 , Dijon ), married in Cambrai in 1385 John, Duke Of Burgundy # William VI, Count Of Holland ( 1365 – 1417 ) # Albert II ( 1369 – January 21 , 1397 , Kelheim ) # Johanna ( 1373 , Munich – October 17 , 1410 , Vienna ), married in Vienna in 1390 Albert IV Of Austria . # John, Count Of Holland (1374/76 – 1425 ), Bishop Of Liège He also had several illegitimate children. 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. SEE ALSO
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