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2 days ago · Mariana and the House of Habsburg. Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria was a member of the European House of Habsburg. She called herself Mariana after her October 1649 marriage to her biological uncle, widower King Felipe IV of Spain, III of Portugal. She was 14 years old and he was 30 years her senior. The Habsburgs were renowned for marrying ...
2 days ago · Matilda of Scotland. Empress Matilda ( c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud, [nb 1] was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter and heir of Henry I, king of England and ruler of Normandy, she went to Germany as a child when she was married to the future ...
2 days ago · Hot Dog in the City as seen from the 10th floor Times Square Alliance Offices. Now a cliché part of American culture found at 4th of July parties and baseball games across the nation, hot dogs ...
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5 days ago · The Serbian nationalist organization Narodna Odbrana (National Defense) played a key role in promoting this agenda and supporting anti-Habsburg activities within the Empire. Similarly, the Czechs and Slovaks, who had long chafed under Austrian and Hungarian domination, intensified their efforts to achieve greater self-determination.
5 days ago · The Habsburg chin endured as a visible symbol of the dynasty‘s decline, a physical embodiment of the consequences of prioritizing power over genetic health. By the early 20th century, the Habsburgs had lost much of their former territories and influence. After the end of World War I in 1918, the last Habsburg emperor, Charles I of Austria ...
2 days ago · Catholicism. Signature. 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.
2 days ago · Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe [c] between 1867 and 1918. Austria-Hungary was a military and diplomatic alliance of two sovereign states with a single monarch who was titled both emperor of Austria and King of ...
