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Mar 14, 1989 · Zita, the last empress of the vast Hapsburg Empire whose role in a plan to end World War I led to exile from her Austrian palace, died today. She was 96. Born in Italy as a princess of Bourbon ...
The one exception to this was the period of (1601–1621), when shortly before Philip II died on 13 September 1598, he renounced his rights to the Netherlands in favor of his daughter Isabella and her fiancé, Archduke Albert of Austria, a younger son of Emperor Maximilian II. The territories reverted to Spain on the death of Albert in 1621, as ...
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Apr 2, 1989 · "This is our last good-bye to a family that led the nation for 600 years," Thorsten Kiwitz, a 25-year-old law student, said. "The monarchy wasn't fundamentally bad . . . although nobody seriously ...
The Last days of the Habsburg Monarchy. In November 1918, writes Norman Stone, a whole political and social order in central Europe came to an end. On Sunday, November 10th, 1918, a Habsburg Emperor attended mass in the Imperial Chapel of Sch ö nbrunn for the last time. The young Emperor Charles, nephew of the murdered Archduke Francis ...
Mar 15, 1989 · By From News Services. March 15, 1989 at 12:00 a.m. EST. ZIZERS, SWITZERLAND -- Zita, 96, the last empress of the vast Hapsburg empire of Austria-Hungary whose role in a plan to end World War I ...
Recorded 1900. Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until ...
Mar 26, 2024 · 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.
