Albert II, elected in 1438 to succeed …
Years: 1439 - 1439
Albert II, elected in 1438 to succeed Sigismund as king of Hungary and Bohemia as well as Germany, has devoted his brief reign to suppressing a revolt in Bohemia and fighting the Turks in Hungary, where he dies from dysentery on October 27, 1439, leaving as his only heir a posthumous son, Ladislas.
