MISSION ACCOMPLISHED...Austria Vienna Pfennig Albrecht I. 1282-1308

[ominus1]

this little jewel was in my mailbox this morning ..we'd all given up on it and i'd just got my money back two days ago (of course i paid for it again this morning ^^ 2 extra US $ due to currency fluctuation)

Albert I of Habsburg (German: Albrecht I.) (July 1255 – 1 May 1308) was a Duke of Austria and Styria from 1282 and King of Germany from 1298 until his assassination by his nephew, Died: 1 May 1308 (aged 52)  this Habsburgs known for good things mostly

..his murder would foil the 1st attempt of the Habsburgs to becoming the line of HRE's for a spell, but it would send John of Swabia, the nephew who killed him into historic oblivion and make his name forever synonymous with parent killers by renaming him 

John Parricida

POST AWAY PEEPS! 🙂

Austria Vienna Pfennig Albrecht I. 1282-1308, 15mm, .77gms

 

 

 

[expat]

Glad it all worked out in the end. Nice coin

[JeandAcre]

Wow.  A suitably dramatic ending to a truly epic project.

...I'm effectively clueless about anyone after the Staufen, but your sheer intrepitude, and Tolstoyan sweep of the historical background, are enough to make me sit up in my chair.