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Cunegunde (1465–1520) Duchess of Bavaria. Name variations: Cunigunde, Kunigunde. Born on March 16, 1465, in Wiener Neustadt; died on August 8, 1520, in Munich; daughter of Eleanor of Portugal (1434–1467) and Frederick III, king of Germany and Holy Roman emperor (r. 1440–1493); sister of Maximilian I, Holy Roman emperor (r. 1493–1519); married Albert II, duke of Bavaria.
Joanna of Castile. Eleanor of Austria (15 November 1498 – 25 February 1558), also called Eleanor of Castile, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen consort of Portugal (1518–1521) and of France (1530–1547). She also held the Duchy of Touraine (1547–1558) in dower.
Gaining international recognition of Brazil’s independence was imperative. Leopoldina knew that the motherland Portugal must be the first to acknowledge Brazil’s independent status, and that other European states would then follow suit. Furthermore, as a true daughter of the House of Habsburg, she knew that when the remaining European powers came to decide what political
Federation under the Roman-German emperor resp. the German king from 800 until 1806. Under the Habsburg reign, the Kapuzinergruft in Vienna ("Imperial Crypt") became the family burial site of the Roman-German emperors; in earlier times the emperors used to be buried in different cities of the Empire (Aix-la-Chapelle, Speyer, Prague, Graz etc.).
Aug 5, 2022 · Matilda of Habsburg or Melchilde (1253 in Rheinfelden 23 December 1304 in Munich, Bavaria) was the eldest daughter of Rudolph I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenburg. She was regent of Bavaria in the minority of her son. On 24 October 1273, Matilda married Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, in Aachen, she
Karl I, Emperor of Austria (reigned 1916-1918) Unofficial Royalty: Karl I, Emperor of Austria. Karl I, the last Emperor of Austria, was born on August 17, 1887, in Persenbeug Castle in the current Austrian state of Lower Austria. His parents were Archduke Otto Franz of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony.
The emperor of Austria (German: Kaiser von Österreich) was the ruler of the Austrian Empire and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The hereditary imperial title and office was proclaimed in 1804 by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor , a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine , and continually held by him and his heirs until Charles I ...
