Editing History of Austria (section)

==== Duchy and Kingdom ====
During the Habsburg Duchy, there were 13 consecutive Dukes, of whom four were also crowned [[King of Germany]], [[Rudolf I of Germany|Rudolf I]], [[Albert I of Germany|Albert I]], [[Frederick the Fair]], and [[Albert II of Germany|Albert V]] (Albert II as King of Germany), although none were recognised as [[Holy Roman Emperors]] by the [[Pope]].

When Duke Albert V (1404–1439) was elected as emperor in 1438 (as Albert II), as the successor to his father-in-law, [[Emperor Sigismund|Sigismund von Luxemburg]] (1433–1437) the imperial crown returned once more to the Habsburgs. Although Albert himself only reigned for a year (1438–1439), from then on, every emperor was a Habsburg (with only one exception: [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VII]] 1742–1745), and Austria's rulers were also the Holy Roman Emperors until its dissolution in 1806.