Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Koyaya, haukan William ya haifar da nadin Albert mai shekaru 22 a matsayin gwamna (ko mai mulki ko "ruwaard") na yankunan ɗan'uwansa daga 1358 zuwa gaba. A lokacin mulkin Albert, al'amura sun tafi daidai kuma cinikayya ta inganta. Matsaloli tsakanin jam'iyyun siyasa biyu
, da "Hoeks" ("Hooks") da "Kabeljauws" ("Cods"), sun kasance da wuya a ƙarƙashin ƙasa. William ya rayu har tsawon shekaru talatin. Albert bai maye gurbinsa ba har sai mutuwarsa a 1388, lokacin da ya riga ya shirya auren 'ya'yansa mata ga wasu sarakunan daular da sauran manyan mutane. Yarinyar da ta haifi 'ya'ya ita ce Margaret; danta Philip III, Duke na Burgundy zai ƙarshe ya gaji yankunan Albert.