Albert II von Askania

Albert II von Askania (1177, Anhalt – 1251, Aachen) was the Duke of Saxony and eldest child of Otto Askania and Matilda Wettin.
Raised in Anhalt, his rule was with distinction but without note until the War of the Three Ottos, where the Askanians supported the Welfs over the Wittelsbach. This led to the defeat of the Saxons once the Pope declared in favour of Otto Wittelsbach, and the loss of Westphalia, which gutted the Duchy.
Albert would continue to live, falling increasingly to senility in his old age, finally dying in Aachen in 1251 on his way to the Imperial election. He was succeeded by his idiot son Bernhard.
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