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4 days ago · The House of Habsburg-Lorraine ( German: Haus Habsburg-Lothringen) originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, and Maria Theresa of Austria, later successively Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Croatia and Archduchess of Austria.
5 days ago · Maximilian was an archduke of Austria and the emperor of Mexico, a man whose naive liberalism proved unequal to the international intrigues that had put him on the throne and to the brutal struggles within Mexico that led to his execution. The younger brother of Emperor Francis Joseph, he served as
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2 days ago · Ferdinand II (born July 9, 1578, Graz, Styria [now in Austria]—died February 15, 1637, Vienna) was the Holy Roman emperor (1619–37), archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia (1617–19, 1620–27), and king of Hungary (1618–25).
4 days ago · Prior to his accession, Leopold had gained a considerable reputation as an enlightened prince of the Italian state of Tuscany, a land ruled directly by Maria Theresa’s husband and then passed to the second Habsburg son (secundogeniture). When he became emperor, Leopold saw as his primary task ending the war with the Turks as quickly as possible.
2 days ago · Archduke of Austria 1529–1595: Charles II Archduke of Austria 1540–1590: Carlos Prince of Asturias 1545–1568: Philip III of Spain 1578–1621: Rudolf II HRE 1552–1612: Ernest of Austria 1553–1595: Matthias HRE 1557–1619: Maximilian III Archduke of Austria 1558–1618: Albert VII Archduke of Austria 1559–1621: Wenceslaus Archduke ...
3 days ago · The crisis began on 28 June 1914, when Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.
2 days ago · Do not reproduce.) On Saturday, June 22, Countess Leonie von Waldburg-Zeil arrived at the parish church in Hohenems, Austria, for her wedding to Count Caspar von Matuschka. Twenty-six-year-old Leonie, who works in the fashion industry, is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Franz Josef and Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
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