It will be remembered that by marrying Mary, the eldest daughter of Louis, King of Hungary and Poland, he received Hungary as the dower of his bride.

By intrigue he also succeeded in deposing his effeminate and dissolute brother, Wenceslaus, from the throne of Bohemia, and succeeded, by a new election, in placing the crown upon his own brow.

Thus Sigismond wielded a three-fold scepter.

He was Emperor of Germany, and King of Hungary and of Bohemia.
Albert married the only daughter of Sigismond, and a very strong affection sprung up between the imperial father and his son-in-law.

They often visited each other, and cooperated very cordially in measures of state.