Albert II, elected in 1438 to succeed…
1439 CE
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.