Heinrich VIII of the Luxemburger dynasty was born in 1426 as the son of Karl I of Tyrol and his wife. Being very abled, he soon supported his father with the government work, and was elected Roman king in 1472. A year later, his father died; west Tyrol went to his brother Karl II of Tyrol, he inherited East Tyrol. And to make the situation even worse, there were peasant uprisings and millenialist sects declaring the Gottesfreistaat.