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Coffin of Rudolf and his wife in the Ducal Crypt, Vienna. Rudolf IV (1 November 1339 – 27 July 1365), also called Rudolf the Founder ( German: der Stifter ), was a scion of the House of Habsburg who ruled as duke of Austria (self-proclaimed archduke ), Styria and Carinthia from 1358, as well as count of Tyrol from 1363 and as the first duke ...
Archduke Karl Ludwig Josef Maria of Austria (30 July 1833 – 19 May 1896) was the younger brother of both Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, and the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863–1914), whose assassination ignited World War I. [1] His grandson was the last emperor of Austria, Charles I .
Charles Stephen was born at the castle of Gross Seelowitz in Moravia (today Židlochovice near Brno in the Czech Republic ), the son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria 1818–1874, himself son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen; and of his wife Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831–1903). At his baptism he was given the names ...
The book was made for Maximilian's future father-in-law Charles the Bold in 1466 by Bruges, then given to Galeazzo Maria Sforza likely in 1475–76 during his and Charles's brief alliance, became Bianca Maria Sforza's property, and was finally brought to Maximilian's library after Bianca's and Maximilian's marriage in 1494.
Habsburg-Lorraine. Father. Charles I of Austria. Mother. Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria (31 May 1922 – 6 January 1993) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She was the youngest daughter of Charles I, the last Emperor of Austria, and his wife, Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma .
Archduke Leopold Johann of Austria (13 April 1716 – 4 November 1716), was the last-born male descendant from the House of Habsburg. The only son and long-hoped heir of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, with his and his father's death in 1740, the Habsburg male line died out completely, being succeeded by the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (originated by the marriage of Leopold Johann's sister ...
Luxembourg. The Habsburg monarchy, [i] also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, [j] was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is also referred to as the Danubian monarchy [k] or the Austrian monarchy ( Latin: Monarchia Austriaca ).
