Albert shi ne dan dan Otto, Count na Ballenstedt, da Eilika, 'yar Magnus Billung, Duke na Saxony. Ya gaji dukiya mai daraja a arewacin Saxony na mahaifinsa a 1123, kuma a kan mutuwar mahaifiyarsa, a 1142, ya yi nasara a kan rabin ƙasashen gidan Billung. Albert ya kasance mai aminci ga danginsa, Lothar I, Duke na Saxony, daga wanda, game da 1123, ya karbi Margraviate na Lusatia, zuwa gabas; bayan Lothar ya zama Sarkin Jamus, ya bi shi a kan wani bala'i mai ban tsoro zuwa Bohemia da upstart, Soběslav I, Duke na Bohemia a 1126 a yakin Kulm, inda ya sha wahala a kurkuku. Tambaya: Wanene mahaifin Albert?
Otto