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  Ancestors and Family of Maximilian I of Austria Habsburg
After Mary's death (1482) Maximilian was forced to allow the States General (representative assembly) of the Netherlands to act as regent for his infant son Philip (later Philip I the Handsome, of Castile); but, having defeated the States in war, he reacquired control of the regency in 1485.
Meanwhile, by the Treaty of Arras (1482), Maximilian was also forced to consent to the betrothal of his daughter Margaret of Austria to Charles VIII of France.
In 1515 advantageous marriages were arranged between members of the Habsburg family and the Hungarian royal house, thus strengthening the Habsburg position in Hungary and also in Bohemia, which was under the same dynasty.
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  Habsburg - LoveToKnow 1911
HABSBURG, or Hapsburg, the name of the famous family from which have sprung the dukes and archdukes of Austria from 1282, kings of Hungary and Bohemia from 1526, and emperors of Austria from 1804.
The name Habsburg, a variant of an older form, Habichtsburg (hawk's castle), was taken from the castle of Habsburg, which was situated on the river Aar not far from its junction with the Rhine.
This was an event of supreme moment in the history of the Habsburgs, and was the first and most important stage in the process of transferring the centre of their authority from western to eastern Europe, from the Rhine to the Danube.
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 Austria-Hungary - LoveToKnow 1911
Austria and Spain were thus divided, and, in spite of the efforts of the archduke Charles in the Spanish Succession War, were never again united, for at the battle of Mohacs, on the 28th of August 1526, Suleiman the Mohacs Magnificent defeated and killed Louis, king of Bohemia and its g g results.
Austria proper was policy left to his eldest son Maximilian, Tirol to the archduke The of Ferdi- Ferdinand; and Styria with Carinthia and Carniola nand and to the archduke Charles.
Austria had to undergo further losses and humiliations, notably by the treaty of Vienna (1809), before the outcome of Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 gave her the opportunity for recuperation and revenge.
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Rulers of Austria (as Dukes 1282–1453, Archdukes 1453–1804, and Emperors 1804–1918),
Maria Theresa of Austria, Habsburg heiress and wife of emperor Francis I Stephen, reigned as Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740 - 1780.
A son of Leopold II was Archduke Rainer of Austria whose wife was from the House of Savoy; a daugther Adelaide, Queen of Sardina was the wife of King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardina and King of Italy.
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 CHARLES BRAY's Austri Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The mountains are also the source of Austria’s best known industry, tourism, the beauty of the Hohe Tauern and the neighboring Niedere Tauern, which run east to west through the country, are accessible via magnificent north-south mountain passes such as the Grossglockner which reaches an altitude of 2503 m [8213 ft] above sea level.
Industrially, Austria subscribes to the small is beautiful philosophy of the 20th century, German born economist Ernest Schumacher.
Liberated by the Allies in 1945, Austria was allowed to set up its own government again in 1955, after guaranteeing that the country would be strictly neutral, an undertaking which remains in force today.
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 The Austrian Flag
The flag was adopted by Friedrich II., der Streitbare, the last Babenberg as Duke of Austria in the 13th century.
According to legend, Duke Leopold V. of Austria (1157-1194) was involved in a fierce battle during the Crusades.
Austria became one of the marches (the Ostmark) of the Holy Roman Empire after the Battle of Lechfeld in 955, and was given a margrave around 960.
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 Habsburg: 1526 1918 empire habsburg history, fall habsburg house, otto von habsburg
Habsburg (spelled both 'Habsburg' and 'Hapsburg' in English-speaking countries) was an important ruling house of Europe and is best known as the ruling House of Austria (and the Austrian Empire) for over six centuries.
A son of Leopold II was Archduke Rainer of Austria whose wife was from the House of Savoy; a daugther Adelaide, Queen of Sardina was the wife of King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardina and King of Italy.
The kingship of Hungary remained in the Habsburg family for centuries; but as the kingship was not strictly inherited (Hungary was an elective monarchy till 1687) and was sometimes used as a training ground for young Habsburgs, the dates of rule do not always match those of the primary Habsburg possessions.
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 Ernest, Duke of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the separation agreement of 1406, Ernest received Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, and jointly with his elder brother duke Leopold IV (the head of the Leopoldian line), held the guardianship over young Albert V, Duke of Austria.
Ernest's grave is in the Cistercian monastery of Rein.
As the ruler of Inner Austria and the founder of the older Styrian Line of the Habsburg family, which, by his son Duke Frederick V survived the Albertinian-Austrian and the Tyrolean Lines, he became the ancestor of all later Habsburg emperors.
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 Kingdoms of Germany - Austria
However, reignal numbering for the Habsburgs in Austria itself was often different to that of the imperial title, due to the differing origins of the two bodies.
HRE Leopold I. Austria permanently absorbs the County of Tyrol.
The heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, is assassinated by Serb nationalists.
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9 Emperors of Austria of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
NB: Maria Theresa of Austria, Habsburg heiress and wife of emperor Francis I Stephen, reigned as Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and
Emperors of Austria of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
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 HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG - Online Information article about HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG
Hungary and Bohemia from 1526, and emperors of Austria from 1804.
It depicts the Habsburg double headed eagle and there is something that appears to be perhaps a sword in the talons.
Does anyone know of a baby Habsburg girl being switched at birth for a servant's male child, so that there would be an heir to the throne.
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 Austria Trains
Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of two European countries that have declared their everlasting neutrality.
Further Austria was comprised of the Sundgau (southern Alsace) and the Breisgau east of the Rhine (including Freiburg im Breisgau after 1386) and included some scattered territories throughout Swabia, the larget being the margravate Burgau in the area of Augsburg and Ulm.
Inner Austria (German ''Innerösterreich'') is a term used from the late 14th to the 16th century referring to Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and assorted smaller Habsburg possessions bordering the area.
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 Austria-Hungary - Uncyclopedia
The empire consisted of Austria on the east, Hungary to the west and Bohemia and Slovakia to the north.
The Habsburgs then moved to Iceland (which was too cold for Arnie's special robot-blood) and entered the unusual trade of fishing by Zeppelin.
Austria became "Austria" and renounced its imperialistic past to groove with the chemicals and lightshows at the discotheque.
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 Courtly Lives - King Zygmunt August
Elzbieta's uncle was Ladislas V, King of Austria in 1404, Duke of Austria in 1440, and King of Bohemia and Hungary (1440-1457).
1595) was the son of Zygmunt III and Anne of Habsburg, and became the King of Poland from 1632-1648.
Wladyslaw married (1) Renata of Habsburg (2) Louise Marie Gonzaga, Princess de Neker and Dutchess of Mantau.
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 Worldroots.com
Habsburg, Ernest the Iron of Austria, Duke of Austria
Habsburg, Leopold I of Austria, Duke of Austria
Habsburg, Leopold III of Austria, Duke of Austria
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 Habsburg - Wikipedia Mirror   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After the marriage of Maximilian I with Mary, heiress of Burgundy (the Low Countries) and the marriage of his son Philipp the Handsome with Juana, heiress of Spain and its newly-founded empire, Charles V inherited an empire where "the sun does not set".
Under Maximilian, the possessions of the Habsburgs would be united again under one ruler, after he had re-conquered Lower Austria after the death of Matthias Corvinus, who resided in Vienna and styled himself duke of Austria from 1485 - 1490.
Brewer-Ward, Daniel A. The House of Habsburg: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Empress Maria Theresia.
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