During the Hussite wars, Emperor Sigismund positioned mercenary forces of his son-in-law, Albrecht of Austria, around the castle, but he later pledged it to local nobleman Petr Kutěj in 1424.
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About 300 portraits from the 15th to the 19th century, including King Albrecht II, Emperor Maximilian I, Charles V and Ferdinand I, to the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Franz II, a contemporary of Napoleon Bonaparte.
After the defeat of Albert's son Frederick the Fair at the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322, the Habsburg family was not able to regain the Imperial crown until the election of Albert II of Germany in 1438.