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3 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
1 day ago · Charles V [c] [d] (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg.
1 day ago · Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics.
4 days ago · Last week we ended with a brief exploitation of the triangle of power at the death of emperor Henry VII. Three families have emerged from the Interregnum that had begun with the death of Frederick II in 1250. These were the House of Habsburg, dukes of Austria as well as major territorial lords in what is today South West Germany.
3 days ago · Frederick III was King of Germany for more than five decades in the 15th Century and was also Holy Roman Emperor for nearly that long. His rule set the stage for the preeminence of the House of Habsburg. He was born on Sept. 21, 1415, in Innsbruck, Tyrol. His father was Ernest, Duke of Austria, and his mother was Cymburgis of Masovia.
3 days ago · Charles VIII. restores the counties of Roussillon and Cerdaña to King Ferdinand.—Narbonne, 8th January 1493. Latin. The treaty is printed in Du Mont, Corps Universel, &c., III. 297. 19 Jan. Arch, de France. 79. Ferdinand and Isabella. Ratify the treaty concluded with Charles VIII. of France, in Narbonne, on the 8th of January 1493.
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4 days ago · Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 3, 1519-1523. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1867.
