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2 days ago · It was he who eventually succeeded in uprooting Protestantism, first in Inner Austria and then in the other Habsburg countries, with the exception of Hungary and Silesia. From local skirmishes along the frontier, a long drawn-out war with the Turks developed (1592–1606).
Jun 25, 2024 · It was to include even the liberal Karl, Lord von Stremayr, who had presided over a caretaker government after Auersperg’s resignation. The situation decisively changed when Taaffe persuaded the Czechs in 1879 to give up their parliamentary boycott and participate in the government.
Jun 25, 2024 · The House of Schwarzenberg is a German ( Franconian) and Czech ( Bohemian) aristocratic family, formerly one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the German and Czech nobility, and they once held the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
Jun 21, 2024 · House of Habsburg - Dynastic, Conflict, Europe: By a series of abdications toward the end of his life, Charles V transferred his Burgundian, Spanish, and Italian possessions to his son Philip II and his functions as emperor to his brother Ferdinand, who succeeded him formally as such after his death (1558).
5 days ago · The House of Wittelsbach (German: Haus Wittelsbach) is a former Bavarian dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including the Electorate of Bavaria, the Electoral Palatinate, the Electorate of Cologne, Holland, Zeeland, Sweden (with Swedish-ruled Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Bohemia, and Greece.
Jun 16, 2024 · HABSBURG: MEINHARDINER: Bolesław of Greater Poland c. 1225 –1279: Blessed Jolanta of Hungary 1235–1298: Henry III of Brabant c. 1230 –1261: Adelaide of Burgundy c. 1233 –127: Przemysł I of Greater Poland 1221–1257: Elisabeth of Wrocław c. 1232 –1265: Stephen V 1239–1272 King of Hungary and Croatia: Anna of Hungary b. 1226 ...
Jun 11, 2024 · In Empress Maria Theresa and the Politics of Habsburg Imperial Art, Michael Yonan explores the role that material culture-paintings, architecture, porcelain, garden sculpture, and decorative objects-played in forming the monarchical identity of this historically prominent woman ruler.
