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Emperor of Mexico (House of Habsburg-Lorraine) Coat of arms of the Mexican Empire adopted by Maximilian I in 1864. Maximilian, the adventurous second son of Archduke Franz Karl, was invited as part of Napoleon III 's manipulations to take the throne of Mexico, becoming Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.
- House of Habsburg-Lorraine
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine (German: Haus...
- Habsburg Family Tree
Habsburg family tree. This is a family tree of the Habsburg...
- Francis Joseph
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph...
- Charles I of Austria
Charles I or Karl I (German: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert...
- Dukes of Austria
From 976 until 1246, the Margraviate of Austria and its...
- Habsburg-Kyburg
The Kyburg family (/ ˈ k aɪ b ɜːr ɡ /; German: [ˈkyːbʊʁk];...
- Consanguine Marriage
Consanguine marriage is marriage between individuals who are...
- Otto Von Habsburg
Otto von Habsburg (German: Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria...
- Guntram The Rich
The chronology of the Muri Abbey, written in the 11th...
- House of Habsburg-Lorraine
The House of Habsburg was a family of dukes, kings, and monarchs that was very important in European history. It first ruled parts of Switzerland in the 13th century and then ruled Austria, later Austria-Hungary, for more than 600 years. It ruled owned Spain and the Netherlands for a while, the Holy Roman Empire from about 1280 to 1806 and the ...
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- From Small Beginnings…
- The Habsburg Lands
- An Empire, But Not in Name
Although the Habsburgs trace their roots back into the 10th century and present-day Switzerland, the family really came to prominence in the 1270s. To cut a long story short…Rudolf I, newly-elected King of Germany and a Habsburg, objected to King Ottokar II of Bohemia’s refusal to accept Rudolf’s authority. (Rudolf I defeats Ottokar II as pictured ...
Rudolf’s lands could hardly be considered an empire, unofficially or otherwise. He was a relatively powerful monarch for the time, but not master of much of Europe. Across the subsequent 650 years, however, the Habsburg family accumulated more and more possessions and titles. The lands making up this “empire” (and the relationships between them) ch...
Until 1804, however, this collection of central European lands never formed a distinct nation or empire at all. The term “empire” is simply a convenient word to describe all the disparate lands ruled by this particular Vienna-centered branch of the Habsburg family. You can’t think of these Habsburg lands as a single state run from an administrative...
k.u.k., meaning "imperial (Austria) and royal (Hungary)", pertains to the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867–1918; Other uses. The ubiquity of this phrase in all administrative matters made it a synonym for the Habsburg administration, sometimes referred to as the "k. u. k. monarchy" in Central European publications
The House of Austria – the Habsburgs and the Empire. The first Habsburg on the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, Rudolf I, had already endeavoured to retain the crown for his family and found a ruling dynasty. Nevertheless, several attempts were necessary before the Swabian counts could transform themselves into the Austrian imperial dynasty ...
Germany - Habsburgs, Imperial Office, Unification: In the absence of a male heir, Sigismund had named his son-in-law Albert of Habsburg, duke of Austria, as his successor. Albert was able and vigorous, and the union of the territories of the two dynasties enabled him to exert considerable leverage in German politics. Albert declared his neutrality in the current dispute between Pope Eugenius ...
History of the Habsburg Monarchy. This research area focusses on the forces of cohesion that for centuries facilitated the existence of the Habsburg territorial complex and in some cases continued to operate long after its demise. The chronological framework covers the history of the Monarchy from the 16th century onward, encompassing the early ...
