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Albert I c.1255-1308
King of Germany

The son of Rudolf I of Habsburg, he was elected King of Germany in opposition to the deposed Adolf of Nassau, whom he then defeated and killed at Göllheim (1298). He proceeded energetically to restore the power of the monarchy and reduce that of the electoral princes, but was murdered by his disaffected nephew, John, while moving to check unrest in Swabia.