Henry, Duke of Carinthia, was then almost unanimously chosen king.

But the haughty Albert was not to be thus easily thwarted in his plans.

He declared that his son Frederic was King of Bohemia, and raising an army, he exerted all the influence and military power which his position as emperor gave him, to enforce his claim.
But affairs in Switzerland for a season arrested the attention of Albert, and diverted his armies from the invasion of Bohemia.
Switzerland was then divided into small sovereignties, of various names, there being no less than fifty counts, one hundred and fifty barons, and one thousand noble families.

Both Rhodolph and Albert had greatly increased, by annexation, the territory and the power of the house of Hapsburg.

By purchase, intimidation, war, and diplomacy, Albert had for some time been making such rapid encroachments, that a general insurrection was secretly planned to resist his power.