No one could more imperiously demand the scepter than Albert.

He did demand it for his son Rhodolph in tones which were heard and obeyed.

The States assembled at Prague on the 1st of April, 1306.

Albert, surrounded by a magnificent retinue, conducted his son to Prague, and to confirm his authority married him to the widow of Wenceslaus, a second wife.

Rhodolph also, about a year before, had buried Blanche, his first wife.