Duke Albert II or Albrecht (1368 – January 21, 1397, Kelheim

Kelheim

Kelheim is a municipality in Bavaria, capital of the district Kelheim. It is situated at the confluence of Altmühl and Danube. As of June 30, 2005, the town had a population of 15,667....

) was a feudal co-regent of his father Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

Duke Albert I or Albrecht KG was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries...

 in the counties of Holland, Hainaut

County of Hainaut

The County of Hainaut was a historical region in the Low Countries with its capital at Mons . In English sources it is often given the archaic spelling Hainault....

, and Zeeland

Zeeland

Zeeland , also called Zealand in English, is the westernmost province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about...

 in the Low Countries. Additionally he administrated from 1389 until his death in 1397 the Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

n province of Straubing

Straubing

Straubing is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held....

 in the name of his father, it being his Bavarian ducal line's appanage and seat. Albert II's mother was Margaret of Brieg

Margaret of Brieg

Margaret of Brieg was a daughter of Ludwik I the Fair and his wife, Agnes of Sagan. She was Duchess consort of Bavaria by her marriage to Albert I, Duke of Bavaria.- Family :...

, great granddaughter of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia.

Biography

Albert II spent most of his time in Straubing, arranged tournaments, ordered the introduction of road surface but also encouraged the church. He did not interfere the internal conflict of his cousins, the three sons of his uncle Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria

Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria

Duke Stephen II of Bavaria , after 1347 Duke of Bavaria. He was the second son of Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian by his first wife Beatrix of Świdnica and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.-Biography:During the reign of Emperor Louis IV his son Stephen served as vogt of Swabia and Alsace...

 but supported their war against a confederation of cities in Swabia

Swabia

Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.-Geography:Like many cultural regions of Europe, Swabia's borders are not clearly defined...

 and the archbishop of Salzburg. Albert visited several times the Low Countries and fought in 1396 the Frisia

Frisia

Frisia is a coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea, i.e. the German Bight. Frisia is the traditional homeland of the Frisians, a Germanic people who speak Frisian, a language group closely related to the English language...

ns with his father and his elder brother William II

William II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing

Duke William II of Bavaria-Straubing KG was also count William VI of Holland, count William IV of Hainaut and count William V of Zeeland. He ruled from 1404 until 1417, when he died of a dog bite. William was a son of Albert I and Margaret of Brieg.-Biography:William, allied with the Hooks, was...

. Albert died after his return journey in Kelheim.

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