and to the Empire by election. Died thereupon in few months: "three crowns, Bohemia, Hungary, the Reich, in that one year, 1438," say the old Historians; "and then next year he quitted them all, for a fourth and more lasting crown, as is hoped." Kaiser Albert II., 1438–1439: After whom all are Hapsburgers—excepting, if that is an exception, the unlucky Karl VII. alone (1742–1745), who descends from Ludwig the Baier.
ENDS VOLUME II
Volume 03
BOOK III. — THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412-1718
Chapter I. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I.
Chapter II. — MATINEES DU ROI DE PRUSSE.
Chapter III. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH II.
Chapter IV. — KURFURST ALBERT ACHILLES, AND HIS SUCCESSOR.
JOHANN THE CICERO IS FOURTH KURFURST, AND LEAVES TWO NOTABLE SONS.
Chapter V. — OF THE BAIREUTH-ANSPACH BRANCH.
TWO LINES IN CULMBACH OR BAIREUTH-ANSPACH: THE GERA BOND OF 1598.
THE ELDER LINE OF CULMBACH: FRIEDRICH AND HIS THREE NOTABLE SONS THERE.
FRIEDRICH'S SECOND SON, MARGRAF GEORGE OF ANSPACH.
Chapter VI. — HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, THIRD NOTABLE SON OF FRIEDRICH.
Chapter VII. — ALBERT ALCIBIADES.
Chapter VIII. — HISTORICAL MEANING OF THE REFORMATION.
Chapter IX. — KURFURST JOACHIM I.
Chapter X. — KURFURST JOACHIM II.
JOACHIM GETS CO-INVESTMENT IN PREUSSEN.
JOACHIM MAKES "HERITAGE-BROTHERHOOD" WITH THE DUKE OF LIEGNITZ.
Chapter XI. — SEVENTH KURFURST, JOHANN GEORGE.
Chapter XII. — OF ALBERT FRIEDRICH, THE SECOND DUKE OF PREUSSEN.
OF DUKE ALBERT FRIEDRICH'S MARRIAGE: WHO HIS WIFE WAS, AND WHAT HER POSSIBLE DOWRY.
MARGRAF GEORGE FRIEDRICH COMES TO PREUSSEN TO ADMINISTER.
Chapter XIII. — NINTH KURFURST, JOHANN SIGISMUND.
HOW THE CLEVE HERITAGE DROPPED, AND MANY SPRANG TO PICK IT UP.
THE KAISER'S THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, AND THE WORLD'S.
Chapter XIV. — SYMPTOMS OF A GREAT WAR COMING.
FIRST SYMPTOM; DONAUWORTH, 1608.
SYMPTOM THIRD: A DINNER-SCENE AT DUSSELDORF, 1613: SPANIARDS AND DUTCH SHOULDER ARMS IN CLEVE.
SYMPTOM FOURTH, AND CATASTROPHE UPON THE HEELS OF IT.
WHAT BECAME OF THE CLEVE-JULICH HERITAGE, AND OF THE PREUSSEN ONE.
Chapter XV. — TENTH KURFURST, GEORGE WILHELM.
Chapter XVI. — THIRTY-YEARS WAR.
SECOND ACT, OR EPOCH, 1624-1629. A SECOND UNCLE PUT TO THE BAN, AND POMMERN SNATCHED AWAY.
THIRD ACT, AND WHAT THE KURFURST SUFFERED IN IT.
Chapter XVII. — DUCHY OF JAGERNDORF.
DUKE OF JAGERNDORF, ELECTOR'S UNCLE, IS PUT UNDER BAN.
Chapter XVIII. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM, THE GREAT KURFURST, ELEVENTH OF THE SERIES.
WHAT BECAME OF POMMERN AT THE PEACE; FINAL GLANCE INTO CLEVE-JULICH.
THE GREAT KURFURST'S WARS: WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN WAR AND PEACE.
Chapter XIX. — KING FRIEDRICH I. AGAIN.
HOW AUSTRIA SETTLED THE SILESIAN CLAIMS.
Chapter XX. — DEATH OF KING FRIEDRICH I.
THE TWELVE HOHENZOLLERN ELECTORS.
GENEALOGICAL DIAGRAM: THE TWO CULMBACH LINES.
3d KURFURST (1471-1486) ALBERT ACHILLES. ELDER CULMBACH LINE.
BOOK III. — THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412–1718