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The short reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (1864-67), is one of those beguiling historical asterisks that are completely improbable but true.
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House of Habsburg, royal German family, one of the chief dynasties of Europe from the 15th to the 20th century. As dukes, archdukes, and emperors, the Habsburgs ruled Austria from 1282 until 1918. They also controlled Hungary and Bohemia (1526–1918) and ruled Spain and the Spanish empire for almost two centuries.
Maximilian I, 'the last knight'. from 1477 Duke of Burgundy; from 1493 ruler over the Habsburg patrimonial lands; from 1486 Roman-German King, and from 1508 emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Born in Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria) on 22 March 1459. Died in Wels (Upper Austria) on 12 January 1519.
Oct 30, 2020 · He was blown away by the blast, but his other three teammates were completely vaporized. He never saw them again. Patch struggled for years to tell that story, which he finally did before he died in 2009. At his death, the last British Tommy to see World War I combat was 111 years, one month, one week, and one day old.
This old book is the story of the last of the Hapsburg line, who died on a small Portuguese island three years after the end of the First World War. He was an accidental Emperor, since three men before him in line died young. His is an interesting story, and the author relates it to the reader in a personal story.
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- Gordon Brook-Shepherd
Following this the Western powers banished Karl and his family to the Portuguese island of Madeira in the Atlantic, where he died from Spanish influenza on 1 April 1922, at the age of only 35. Karl was interred in the church of Nossa Senhora do Monte near Funchal. Karl’s memory was subsequently upheld by his wife Zita.
Strength. 232,000. The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European conflict that arose in 1701 after the death of the last Spanish Habsburg king, Charles II. Charles had bequeathed all of his possessions to Philip, duc d'Anjou—a grandson of the French King Louis XIV —who thereby became Philip V of Spain.
