It will be long before Ladislaus will be capable of assuming the reins of government.

Let us choose another sovereign, and when Ladislaus has attained the age of twenty-four we shall see whether he deserves the crown." This very sensible advice was adopted, and thirteen electors were appointed to choose a sovereign.

Their choice fell upon Albert of Bavaria.

But he, with a spirit of magnanimity very rare in that age, declared that the crown, of right, belonged to Ladislaus, and that he would not take it from him.

They then chose Frederic, Duke of Styria, who, upon the death of Albert, had been chosen emperor.