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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
Dec 23, 2023 · Matilda of Habsburg or Melchilde (1253 in Rheinfelden[1] – 23 December 1304 in Munich, Bavaria) was, by marriage, a duchess of Bavaria. She was regent of Bavaria in the minority of her son, Rudolf I. Marriage[edit] Matilda was the eldest daughter of Rudolf I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenberg.
The crisis in the Habsburg lands. While the Cleves-Jülich crisis held the attention of western Europe in 1609, the eyes of observers farther east were on Prague, the capital of Bohemia. That elective kingdom (which also included Silesia, Lusatia, and Moravia), together with Hungary, had come to the Habsburg family in 1526.
The Habsburg monarchy ( German: Habsburgermonarchie, pronounced [ˈhaːpsbʊʁɡɐmonaʁˌçiː] ⓘ ), also known as Habsburg Empire (German: Habsburgerreich [ˈhaːpsbʊʁɡɐˌʁaɪç] ⓘ ), 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 ...
Maximilian I: ‘Early practice maketh a master emperor …’. Maximilian was the third child of Emperor Frederick III and Eleonora of Portugal. As the couple’s only surviving son he was groomed from childhood for his future role as ruler. His boyhood was difficult. He witnessed the bitter rivalries within the dynasty, some of which erupted ...
Franz Joseph: The very model of an emperor. Emperor Franz Joseph reigned for 68 years, the longest of all the Habsburg rulers. He was a symbol of integration, and when he died the Habsburg Monarchy lost one of its most important pillars. Franz Joseph looms large in the historical consciousness of posterity. Towards the end of his life he became ...
Karl as heir to the throne and monarch The photograph shows the heir to the throne with his wife Zita and his son Otto, in a major’s uniform, beneath a portrait of Empress Maria Theresa. Emperor Karl, Empress Zita and Archduke Otto at the funeral of Franz Joseph I on 30 November 1916, photograph