Albrecht was a slight, very tall, blond young man with extremely large eyes. Once grown up he was a good head taller than the rest. He had a dark tan and, it was said, his eyes could be frightening. Not having received a very good education, he could not understand Latin nor speak Hungarian,  which was probably the reason why he was not loved in Hungary or Bohemia. However, he was loved and respected in Austria.

Declared to be of age at fourteen, he was the opposite of his father; he had clear visions and an energetic will, preferred action above words, was a passionate hunter and a good warrior always caring for his men.  In the first years he was assisted by able men such as Hubmeister Berthold von Mangen, who was responsible for finances from 1412 till 1436. Albrecht's reforms of the justice laws brought remarkable order and Thomas Ebendorfer commented that the country was
so secure and safe that 'you could carry gold openly through the land'. He also focused on church reforms, being convinced of a conciliatory policy because of the disintegration of the papacy with, in 1409, having three anti-popes. 

On 28 September 1421 in Esztergom, he married Elisabeth, daughter of the Emperor Sigismund, and they became the parents of four children. He was an active and vigorous supporter of the Emperor Sigismund and as a result, in 1438, was elected as the Emperor's successor. However, a year later he was dead of dysentery, aggravated by a surfeit of melons consumed in a river-campaign against the Turks.

His son, Ladislaus, born posthumously, died age eighteen. Meanwhile the duchy of Austria had gone to Albrecht's nephew, Friedrich, who was elected Emperor in 1440.
 

Source: Leo van de Pas