CHAPTER III.
RHODOLPH II., ALBERT IV.

AND ALBERT V.
From 1339 to 1437.
Rhodolph II .-- Marriage of John to Margaret .-- Intriguing for the Tyrol .-- Death of Rhodolph .-- Accession of Power to Austria .-- Dividing the Empire .-- Delight of the Emperor Charles .-- Leopold .-- His Ambition and Successes .-- Hedwige, Queen of Poland.--"The Course of true Love never did run smooth."-- Unhappy Marriage of Hedwige .-- Heroism of Arnold of Winkelreid .-- Death of Leopold .-- Death of Albert IV .-- Accession of Albert V .-- Attempts of Sigismond to bequeath to Albert V.Hungary and Bohemia.
Rhodolph II., the eldest son of Albert III., when but nineteen years of age succeeded his father in the government of the Austrian States.

He had been very thoroughly educated in all the civil and military knowledge of the times.

He was closely allied with the Emperor Charles IV.

of Bohemia, having married his daughter Catherine.