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Contents. hide. (Top) Predecessors. The emperor. Titles of the emperor. House and court. The Imperial House. The Imperial Court. Austrian Empire. Abbreviations of common and non common institutions. List of emperors of Austria (1804–1918) Succession to the throne. Heads of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (since 1918) See also. References.
- Hereditary
- His Imperial Majesty
Emperors of Austria (House of Habsburg-Lorraine, main line) Francis I, Emperor of Austria 1804–1835: formerly Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (→Family Tree) Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria 1835–1848 ; Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria 1848–1916. Charles I, Emperor of Austria 1916–1918. He died in exile in 1922.
- 11th century
The Habsburg monarchy, [i] also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, [j] 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 also referred to as the Danubian monarchy [k] or the Austrian monarchy.
Western and Central Europe, 2000–1000 B.C. Western and Central Europe, 8000–2000 B.C. Central Europe (including Germany), 1000–1400 A.D. Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D. Central Europe (including Germany), 1600–1800 A.D. Central Europe (including Germany), 500–1000 A.D. Central Europe and Low Countries, 1800–1900 ...
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 ...
The lavish Imperial Apartments seem designed to give their royal residents grandeur fit for a god. After all, in the age of divine monarchs, kings and emperors like the Habsburgs claimed God himself ordained them to rule with unquestioned authority. The Habsburgs were one of a handful of royal families who ruled nearly all of Europe until WWI.
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Austria became the center of power in the empire, and the archduke was often also the Holy Roman Emperor. In 1804 Francis I, who was the Archduke of Austria and the Holy Roman Emperor, formed the Austrian Empire.
