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The death of Charles II of Spain in 1700 led to the War of the Spanish Succession, and that of Emperor Charles VI in 1740 to the War of the Austrian Succession. The former was won by House of Bourbon, putting an end to Habsburg rule in Spain.
In 1519, on the death of his paternal grandfather Maximiliano I, he obtained the Austrian territories of the Habsburgs and was named Emperor of Germany. For this reason he is known as Charles I of Spain and V of Germany.
The emperors Trajan, Hadrian, and Theodosius I, the philosopher Seneca, and the poets Martial, Quintilian, and Lucan were born in Hispania. Hispanic bishops held the Council of Elvira around 306. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, parts of Hispania came under the control of the Germanic tribes of Vandals, Suebi, and ...
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Maximilian I, emperor 1493 - 1519Charles V, emperor 1519 - 1556The kingship of Kingdom of Hungary Hungaryremained in the Habsburg family for centuries; but as the kingship was not strictly inherited (Hungary was an elective monarchy till 1687) and was sometimes used as a training ground for young Habsburgs, the dates of rule do not always match those of the primary Habsburg possessions. Therefore, the kings of...
The kingship of Bohemia was for centuries a position elected by its nobles. As a result, it was not an automatically inherited position. The king of Bohemia tended to be a Habsburg, but was not always. Hence, the kings of Bohemia and their ruling dates are listed separately.
From the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, the greatest non-Habsburg power in Europe was usually France. As a result, in usually futile attempts to either unite Europe under the Habsburg family or to prevent French enmity, Habsburg daughters were wed to successive kings of France.
Brewer-Ward, Daniel A. The House of Habsburg: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Empress Maria Theresia. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co. Clearfield, 1996. ISBN 0806346442Crankshaw, Edward. The Fall of the House of Habsburg. Penguin, 1983. ISBN 978-0140064599Evans, Robert J. W. The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1550-1700: An Interpretation. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1979. ISBN 0198730853McGuigan, Dorothy Gies. The Habsburgs. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1966. ASIN B0000CN86HAll links retrieved July 24, 2017. 1. T.W. Schwarzer "Erzherzog Dr. Otto von Habsburg: Christ, Kaiser, Europäer" (Autorisierte Ehrenseite) in german 2. Stephen Herold Habsburg Biographies 3. Habsburg Surname Resource Center 4. Henry W. Steed The Hapsburg Monarchy - 1919 5. House of Habsburg 6. End of a royal dynasty as Otto von Habsburg is laid to ...
The emperor of Austria (German: Kaiser von Österreich) was the ruler of the Austrian Empire and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The hereditary imperial title and office was proclaimed in 1804 by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor , a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine , and continually held by him and his heirs until Charles I ...
The emperor Ferdinand: from AD 1558. In 1555-6 Charles V finally gives up his long struggle to govern the largest western empire since Roman times. During the space of a year he abdicates in all his territories, before retiring to live near a Spanish monastery.
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Habsburg Spain refers to Spain and the Hispanic Monarchy, also known as the Catholic Monarchy, in the period from 1516 to 1700 when it was ruled by kings from the House of Habsburg.
