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Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria (9 March 1561 – 22 September 1578), was a German prince and member of the House of Habsburg. In 1577, he was appointed the Grand Prior of the Order of Malta in Castile. He was the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife, Maria of Spain.
Apr 15, 2019 · Discover The Archduke of Austria's Michigan Grave in Suttons Bay, Michigan: Where else would you expect to find the gravesite of European royalty than the windswept dunes of rural Northern ...
Charles II Francis of Austria ( German: Karl II. Franz von Innerösterreich) (3 June 1540 – 10 July 1590) was an Archduke of Austria and a ruler of Inner Austria ( Styria, Carniola, Carinthia and Gorizia) from 1564. He was a member of the House of Habsburg . Biography. Seckau Abbey, " Habsburg mausoleum ", cenotaph.
NameBirthDeathNotesArchduke FerdinandJudenburg, 15 July 1572Judenburg, 3 August 1572Died in infancy.Graz, 16 August 1573Warsaw, 10 February 1598Married on 31 May 1592 to Sigismund III ...Graz, 10 November 1574Hall in Tirol, Tyrol, 6 April 1621Married on 6 August 1595 to Sigismund ...Graz, 4 January 1576Graz, 29 June 1599Died unmarried.- Terminology
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The English word is first recorded in 1530, derived from Middle French archeduc, a 15th-century derivation from Medieval Latin archidux, from Latin archi- (Greek ἀρχι-) meaning "authority" or "primary" (see arch-) and dux"duke" (literally "leader"). "Archduke" (German: Erzherzog; Dutch: Aartshertog) is a title distinct from "Grand Duke" (French: Gr...
The Latin title archidux is first attested in reference to Bruno the Great, who ruled simultaneously as Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia in the 10th century, in the work of his biographer Ruotger of Cologne. In Ruotger, the title served as an honorific denoting Bruno's unusual position rather than a formal office. The title was not use...
From the 16th century onward, "Archduke" and its female form, "Archduchess", came to be used by all the members of the House of Habsburg (e.g. Queen Marie Antoinette of France was born Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria). Upon extinction of the male line of the Habsburgs and the marriage of their heiress, the Holy Roman Empress-consort Maria Ther...
The insignia of the Archduke of Lower and Upper Austria was the archducal hat, a coronet which is kept in Klosterneuburg Monastery.
Oct 3, 2022 · Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria (9 March 1561 – 22 September 1578), was a German prince and member of the House of Habsburg. In 1577, he was appointed the Grand Prior of the Order of Malta in Castile. He was the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife, Maria of Spain. Life
The title of archduke Palatine ( Pfalz-Erzherzog) was first assumed by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, on the strength of a forged privilege, in the hope of gaining for the dukes of Austria an equal status with the electors of the Holy Roman Empire.
Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria (9 March 1561 – 22 September 1578), was a German prince and member of the House of Habsburg. In 1577, he was appointed the Grand Prior of the Order of Malta in Castile. He was the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife, Maria of Spain. Life
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