| 单词 | Habsburg |
| 例句 | In 2002, however, the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired two of the Habsburgs’ wine coolers, in the form of draped lion skins. Antiques: Leighton House Museum Reopens in London With New D?cor 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z From the 15th century to the beginning of the 19th, the Habsburgs also presided over the Holy Roman Empire of central Europe. Royal trappings from 7 centuries of the Habsburg dynasty on view in a new exhibition 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Sixteenth-century powerhouses King Francois I of France and the Habsburg Emperor, Charles V, wanted to duel to settle their scores and compare codpiece sizes. “Game of Thrones” in combat: How realistic are the show’s epic fight scenes? 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z What if the Habsburg nobles in Prague had a trampoline outside their window, so when they were defenestrated they just kept bouncing back up to the window, yelling, “Boi-oi-oi-oinnng . . . boi-oi-oi-oinnng . . .” to the Bohemians inside? Style Invitational Week 1308: Picture This . . . or These 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z "This postponement is only prolonging the agony of these seemingly endless negotiations," Habsburg complained, claiming that money set aside to keep the museum financially stable had been eaten up by "Tita's wing". Constable painting in Madrid sparks family row 2011-02-25T18:23:21Z A 16th-century Mexican shield, with feathers in geometric patterns, spent about 300 years in Habsburg palaces in Belgium and Austria. A Designer’s Sale of Memorabilia 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z But in the mid-18th century, Habsburg empress Maria Theresa ordered the forced assimilation of the Roma, outlawing their nomadic way of life and the use of their language, Romani. Hungary’s ‘last’ Roma fortuneteller preserves traditions 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z But her stepdaughter Francesca Habsburg declared in a letter published by El País that her stepmother was "unreasonable, and completely isolated from reality". Constable painting in Madrid sparks family row 2011-02-25T18:23:21Z The Schönbrunn estate came into the possession of the Habsburgs in the 16th century. For the Vienna Philharmonic, Summer Means Schönbrunn 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Charles I, inspired partly by the opulence of the Spanish Habsburg court where he first met Digby, had Van Dyck and Rubens paint his and his father’s image. Forgotten hero 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Tsarist Russia and Habsburg Austria were able to stay preserved in aspic for several decades. Reactionary days 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z In fact, the entire story of European art from the 1500s to the birth of modernism could be told as a family history of the Habsburgs. The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe ? and of its art 2011-07-25T14:10:19Z And it is truly breathtaking, like being in a Habsburg palace, enveloped by elaborate scenes. Pieter Coecke van Aelst’s Renaissance tapestries inspire interior designers 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z No longer ruled by the Habsburg king or obedient to the pope, the Dutch were a Protestant republic — fiercely independent and proud. Specialized tours enrich travel 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa transformed the castle in the 18th century from a military fortress to a royal residence. Bratislava: Slovakia’s capital makes a remarkable comeback 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Churches, castles and town halls echoed with the footsteps of Habsburg monarchs, Mozart and Napoleon’s armies. Nothing blue about a birthday bike trip along the Danube 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z This year, the festival focuses on the baroque composers of the Habsburg lands, in particular the music of Baroque-era Prague and Vienna. Trip Tips: Mozart to Masekela, summer festivals for all tastes 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Habsburg moved in with him, and O’Daniel remembers their social whirl, the new freedoms of the era, the simple fact that they could hold hands in public. The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Schonbrunn Palace, the gilded home to the Habsburg dynasty, overwhelmed us with its beauty and history — both imperial and recent. Swapping a boat for a bus to explore Prague, Vienna and Budapest 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z At Courtauld Gallery, London WC2R, until 18 September Splendour and Power: Imperial Treasures from ViennaThe Habsburg rulers of the Austrian Empire were fanatical collectors of everything from coral to Correggio paintings. Toulouse-Lautrec, Mantegna and Therrien ? the week in art 2011-08-19T08:00:00Z They split up around 1990, when Habsburg, who was twenty years younger, told O’Daniel that he wanted to be free to try new things while he could. The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Marie Antoinette was a Habsburg, as was Margarita Teresa, the little Spanish infanta immortalized by Velázquez, as was Charles V, the ruler captured in bronze by the sculptor Leone Leoni. Royal trappings from 7 centuries of the Habsburg dynasty on view in a new exhibition 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z On the contrary, take a peek at the Habsburg family lineage which between the early 1500s and the 1700s, nearly straightened their tree into a maypole. To "House of the Dragon" viewers, when it comes to Targaryen incest ... it's all relative 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Mr. von Habsburg’s research team has scoured assorted European archives for new clues about the collection. Antiques: A Faberg? Exhibition Without ?Fauxberg?s? 2011-06-30T20:30:04Z “If you read about the banquets of the Ottomans and the Habsburgs, it’s really pretty simple. We don’t have to make food for 10,000 people in the countryside with no refrigeration.” Salmon Oscars and five gallons of hot fudge: catering for the Academy Awards 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z The Russian advance put intolerable pressure on the fragile loyalties of the multi-ethnic Habsburg armies. A most terrible year 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Explore the historic old town and the Imperial Palace, with its opulence of the Habsburg dynasty. Five great Interrail itineraries across Europe 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z The court of Rudolf II, the Habsburg king and Holy Roman emperor for more than 35 years, was rich in intellectual and artistic exotica. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met His huge loans were backed by collateral, and his Habsburg clients frequently paid them off in kind rather than cash. Goldenballs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Jacob became principal banker to his son, Emperor Maximilian I, who established the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and to Charles V of Spain, whose victory at the Battle of Pavia entrenched the Habsburgs’ hegemony. Goldenballs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z In a region where superstitions and similar stories are abundant, Bogicic says the difference in Kisiljevo is that the story was documented at the time by a representative of the then Habsburg monarchy, Frombald. Serbian village hopes its vampire will rival Dracula as tourist draw 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Instead there is a moving reflection on the life of Karl Kraus, the Viennese writer who saw the horrors of the 20th century before anyone else, and satirised the dying Habsburg empire with brilliant cruelty. Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the 20th Century by Eric Hobsbawm – review 2013-03-31T08:00:06Z In the meantime, Beethoven considered giving the premiere to Berlin, beyond the Habsburg Empire. Revolution No. 9: Seattle will hear Beethoven’s famed, still-needed work of inclusivity 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z But the Habsburg who defined Europe in the Renaissance was Charles V, who in the 16th century became ruler of Spain and its American possessions and was elected Holy Roman Emperor. The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe ? and of its art 2011-07-25T14:10:19Z Vienna was historically such a mecca for classical music because of the passion and patronage of the ruling Habsburg family. Rick Steves gets lost in the music and grandeur of Vienna 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Daughter of Philip II of Spain, she became governor-general of the Netherlands after the death of her husband, the Habsburg Cardinal and Archduke Albert. Wonders unfurl at Getty, Met tapestry shows on Rubens, Coecke 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z Year the choir became a private institution, three years after the breakdown of the Habsburg Empire. Famed Vienna Boys Choir to bring its heavenly voices to GMU Center for the Arts 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z And as good a place as any are the private houses of the Habsburgs, which now are open to the public. In the heart of Europe, Habsburg family homes offer a haunting glimpse into history 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Titian worked not only for Charles V but for his son Philip II, the Habsburg who launched the Spanish Armada. The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe ? and of its art 2011-07-25T14:10:19Z By 1792 Napoleon had dethroned the Habsburg couple, and they packed a few shiploads of possessions and returned to Vienna, where the archduchess died of typhus. Antiques: Leighton House Museum Reopens in London With New D?cor 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z In short, together we will combat the Soviet threat to world hegemony and prevent the continuing ascendancy of the Habsburg dynasty. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: No, I’m not too old to run for president 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z He grew rich and powerful by risking his capital and his reputation to finance the territorial ambitions of the Habsburgs. Goldenballs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z “Of any 10 pieces sent to me as digital images,” Mr. von Habsburg said, “more than nine are forgeries.” Antiques: A Faberg? Exhibition Without ?Fauxberg?s? 2011-06-30T20:30:04Z Her most recent film, Airs Above the Ground, looks at a curious relic of the Habsburg monarchy: white Lipizzaner stallions, celebrated for their role in Viennese dressage. Artist of the week 118: Salla Tykk? 2010-12-22T15:30:37Z At their height the Habsburgs transmitted the Renaissance. The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe ? and of its art 2011-07-25T14:10:19Z Warner's pictures are modern answers to the great and marvellous Renaissance art of Arcimboldo, who delighted the 16th-century Habsburg court with paintings of faces composed of fruit or vegetables. The Experimental Food Society's culinary revolution 2010-09-22T20:59:00Z The novel opens at the graveside of a Jewish girl, born at the turn of the twentieth century, at the far reaches of the Habsburg Empire. The Books I Loved in 2015 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The palace served as a museum upon the fall of the Habsburgs in 1918, although it was occupied by British forces after World War II. It reopened as a museum in 1955. For the Vienna Philharmonic, Summer Means Schönbrunn 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z After World War Two, Romania's communist regime expelled the owners, the Habsburg royal family. Dracula's castle welcomes guests with coffins and no silver 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The era begins in 1700 with the death of Spain’s Charles II — also known as Carlos El Hechizado, or Charles the Mad — and the transfer of power from Habsburg to Bourbon rule. 'Painted in Mexico': LACMA's remarkable and important new show 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The Habsburgs, who controlled Italy, clearly had sophisticated tastes for Italian-inspired design. Antiques: Leighton House Museum Reopens in London With New D?cor 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z At 18 he was at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he caught the eye of its director, Martin van Meytens, who was also official painter to the Habsburg court. Art Review: Odd Faces, Strange in Their Day, but Familiar in Our Time 2010-09-16T22:37:00Z For centuries the Habsburg dynasty ruled not only Austria and a vast tract of central Europe but, at their height, Spain, the Low Countries and much of south America. The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe ? and of its art 2011-07-25T14:10:19Z In 2006, a democratic government that replaced the fallen communists restored the 14th-century Bran fortress, known as "Dracula's Castle", to Habsburg descendents. Two to get comfy coffin for overnight stay in Dracula's castle 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Six centuries later, the Habsburg monarchs followed, having bought Lokrum after the French departed. Kayaking through the past in Dubrovnik, Croatia 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z And Naples became the cosmopolitan capital of the Spanish empire in the 16th and 17th centuries under the Habsburg dynasty of Spain, not the Bourbons, who ruled only after 1734. Favorite Place: Seduced by Naples 2013-12-18T20:18:52Z The Habsburg family ruled Europe’s greatest empire from their two luxurious Vienna palaces. Rick Steves gets lost in the music and grandeur of Vienna 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Renowned Hungarian director István Szabó gave Fiennes arguably the biggest technical challenge of his movie career: to play three characters, three generations of a Hungarian Jewish family in the Habsburg empire’s final years. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Maulbertsch was in huge demand in his lifetime to fresco the ceilings of palaces and churches in the Habsburg empire. National Gallery buys 18th century painting that praises Islam 2013-06-28T14:42:40Z And it’s true of “Princess’ Dance,” in which one of Velázquez’s Habsburg infantas is accompanied by the ominous shadow of a male figure, arm outstretched. Art in Review: JOHN O?REILLY: ?Recent Montage? 2011-06-30T21:24:36Z He was one of the Habsburg court's favorite composers, and is perhaps best remembered in popular culture as Mozart's chief rival. Italians seek return of Salieri's remains 2013-01-29T20:16:03Z The final wing of the Hofburg was built with that imperial splendor in mind just a few years before World War I — and the end of the Habsburg dynasty. Rick Steves gets lost in the music and grandeur of Vienna 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z After all, kings and emperors like the Habsburgs claimed that God himself ordained them to rule with unquestioned authority. Rick Steves gets lost in the music and grandeur of Vienna 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Both places were part of the Venetian empire, but closer to Milan than to Venice, so their culture was strongly affected by Milan’s Spanish Habsburg rulers. Review | First Moroni exhibition in North America features one of the most celebrated portraits of the Renaissance 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z In Sarajevo, the Vienna Philharmonic will perform a repertoire harking strongly back to the days of the Habsburg Empire, including Haydn, Schubert, Berg and Brahms. Sarajevo marks war centennial with message of unity to divided country 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Even the wanderer’s seeking refuge in a humble charcoal-burner’s hut was fraught with meaning: it was a hint at the carbonari, an Italian secret society which Austria’s Habsburg rulers suspected of subversion. Wintry passions 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Rents and public transport costs in the city, whose architecture is marked by its past as the center of the Habsburg empire, are cheap compared with other western capitals. Vienna again ranked world's nicest city, and Baghdad worst 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z If the personal relations that shaped his mental world – and hence his paintings – remain opaque his professional life has left a substantial paper-trail, not least regarding the pictures he painted for the Habsburgs from 1532. Titian: His Life by Sheila Hale – review 2012-07-06T21:55:13Z As Bostridge reminds us, members of a contemporary Italian secret society, much feared by the Habsburgs, were known as the ‘Carbonari,’ i.e., charcoal burners. Ian Bostridge’s ‘Schubert’s Winter Journey’ examines the composer’s melancholy work 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The popes, however, from Leo X onward, worried that throwing their hat in with the empire meant abandoning the strategy of playing off the Habsburgs against Valois of France. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z The immodest middle section celebrates their grandson, Charles V, who commissioned this facade and decorated it with the complex coat of arms of the mighty Habsburg Empire. Academic adventures: Visiting Europe’s top university sights 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “I’m so proud of my family and what they’ve done,” said Ferdinand Habsburg, the heir apparent to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The Prince With No Throne 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Another Rubens followed, featuring a suitably horned satyr holding a basket of fruit, which suggests that the Liechtensteins had the same saucy taste as their Habsburg sovereigns. The Magnificent Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein - review 2011-08-02T13:01:56Z That afternoon, checking the archives of the Bay Area Reporter, a local gay paper, I found an obituary for Garrisson von Habsburg, who died in 1993, at the age of twenty-nine. The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z At the height of the Habsburg empire, Emperor Rudolf II made the farm the imperial stud. Habsburg stud farm rides to UNESCO world heritage status 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Amazingly, he was on salary as a Habsburg court artist, paid lavishly first by Charles V and then Philip II, while being allowed to live in his own city. Flesh in Venice: why there's no one like Titian 2010-07-30T12:05:00Z Titian looked not to the papacy but to the Habsburgs for patronage. Christmas gifts 2012: the best art books 2012-11-30T08:00:03Z Rosenthal himself had said, in a letter quoted by Francesca Habsburg, that he "feels very strongly that the Baroness herself will see the overriding imperative to keep the integrity of the collection intact". Constable painting in Madrid sparks family row 2011-02-25T18:23:21Z The Habsburgs turned this elegant, laid-back place into their own riviera during the mild winter months, a process chronicled at the Croatian Museum of Tourism in the town’s landscaped gardens. Rijeka in Croatia: the culture capital that knows how to party 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z “In 1914, such a chain reaction led, in the space of four weeks, from the assassination of a Habsburg archduke by a Serbian nationalist to all-out war between the Great Powers.” Israel-Hamas clash sparks fears of ‘World War’-style escalation 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Forces loyal to the Austrian emperor, aided by a full-scale Russian invasion of Hungary in the name of Holy Alliance principles, restored Habsburg rule across the entirety of the empire by the autumn of 1849. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z During his reign, Ottoman armies continued their Balkan expansion by conquering Serbia and Hungary, and in 1529 they laid siege to Vienna, then the seat of the Habsburg Empire. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See, Eduard Habsburg, said he thinks Hungary is actually upholding Europe’s founding ideals better than many of its EU partners. Amid Ukraine war, pope to give vision for Europe in Hungary 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z “He’s thrilled to bits,” said Eduard Habsburg, the Hungarian ambassador to the Holy See, who . Pope Returns to Hungary, to Delight of Viktor Orban 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Habsburg’s résumé may be unorthodox for a diplomat, but hanging around with popes is nothing new for the Habsburgs. Hungary’s Habsburg Ambassador to the Pope, With an Offbeat Résumé 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The south was an essentially feudal kingdom, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, dominated by lesser branches of first the Habsburg and then the Bourbon royal lines. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Vienna was never conquered, the threat of military conquest by the Ottomans was a constant worry for the Habsburgs. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z “Hungary has stayed true to the values that have always been the values of the European Union, which is family, faith, Christian, Judeo-Christian roots, sovereignty and all these things,” Habsburg said. Amid Ukraine war, pope to give vision for Europe in Hungary 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z “So they seem to have the same idea,” said Mr. Habsburg, who called them “the only two voices in Europe that have said it that way.” Pope Returns to Hungary, to Delight of Viktor Orban 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z In 1980, his father brought him for the first time behind the Iron Curtain to Hungary, where the secret police “were nervous about Habsburgs coming back.” Hungary’s Habsburg Ambassador to the Pope, With an Offbeat Résumé 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The Austrian Habsburgs rejected the legitimacy of the claim, and soon they recruited the British to help defeat France. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Queen Elizabeth I of England, also a rival of the Habsburgs, sent an embassy and military advisers to Istanbul to propose an anti-Habsburg alliance. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z “Orbán and the pope, both very clearly over the last month, several times, have asked for an immediate cease-fire and peace negotiations,” Habsburg said. Pope Francis to visit Hungary amid diverging views on war, migrants 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “Orban and the pope, both very clearly over the last month, several times, have asked for an immediate cease-fire and peace negotiations,” Habsburg said. Pope to visit Hungary amid diverging views on war, migrants 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “They can’t imagine that a Habsburg, from a royal family, loves anime,” he said. Hungary’s Habsburg Ambassador to the Pope, With an Offbeat Résumé 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z His plan was to use the rivalry between France and Austria to his advantage, by having France support some kind of Italian independence from Austria in order to weaken the Habsburgs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the Ottoman alliance with England, the Ottoman’s war with the Habsburgs quickly reached a stalemate, where it remained for several decades. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The March 15 demonstration came on a national holiday commemorating the 150th anniversary of Hungary’s failed 1848 revolution against Habsburg rule. Students call for education reform in Hungary protest march 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The visual feast included a delicious, dusty-blue taffeta that looked like Vogue in the Habsburg Empire: “I’m with the state’s attorney’s office.” Perspective | At Wes Moore’s inaugural ball, no one danced harder than Black women 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Last week, Mr. Habsburg, whose cousin is now Hungary’s ambassador to France, joined dozens of other diplomats to the Holy See at an event inside the courtyard of the Swiss Guards. Hungary’s Habsburg Ambassador to the Pope, With an Offbeat Résumé 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z For Austria, this was a pragmatic gesture because the Habsburgs had the most to lose in the face of nationalism. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z By agreement, the Safavids would attack the Ottomans whenever the Ottomans attacked the Habsburgs to divide the Ottoman army between two fronts of battle and thereby weaken it. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Pim, paraphrasing the Italian writer Claudio Magris, argues that Roth’s writing sustains the myth of the Habsburg Empire as a “tolerant, multiethnic civilization that becomes a dreamlike refuge from our own times’ intolerance and division.” Review | The rootless, brilliant and tragic life of Joseph Roth 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Technically each time he crossed it he would be passing from the Margraviate of Moravia to the Kingdom of Hungary, from one Habsburg crownland to another. Czechoslovakia: Czechs and Slovaks mark 30 years since Velvet Divorce 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Habsburg, a deeply devout and conservative Roman Catholic aristocrat, came into the job himself with what he called “very rocky” Hungarian language skills, a result of his upbringing in Munich, Venice and Austria. Hungary’s Habsburg Ambassador to the Pope, With an Offbeat Résumé 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Whereas roughly half of Western and Central Europe was Protestant in 1590, only one-fifth of it was in 1690; that was in large part because few people remained Protestants in Habsburg lands after the war. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1536, the Ottomans formalized their own alliance with the king of France, an enemy of the Habsburgs, who sent a military adviser to counsel Sultan Suleiman about his war with Iran in 1547. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The successively long-jawed Spanish Habsburgs got so carried away on the concept that their frail, final heir, Charles II, was nicknamed "the bewitched" and died unable to produce offspring. So... is it OK to marry your cousin or what? 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The castle - once a Habsburg summer retreat - was shuttered and deserted on the day I visited, so I made a beeline for Holic's small Christmas market, to warm up with a cup of mulled wine. Czechoslovakia: Czechs and Slovaks mark 30 years since Velvet Divorce 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z When Mr. Orban visited Francis in the Vatican last April, Mr. Habsburg, who is proudly in the conservative Catholic category, told the pope that he himself indeed prayed for him, and not against him. Hungary’s Habsburg Ambassador to the Pope, With an Offbeat Résumé 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Habsburg throne, a respected Austrian politician who also happened to be friends with the German Kaiser. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Sultan Suleiman I decided to appoint a woman as his successor in order to confound and confuse his rivals, the Habsburg and the Safavids. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The picture is installed adjacent to a vitrine displaying seven European manuscripts that show colonial historicizing of Indigenous cultures — for example, engraved roundels featuring fabricated portraits of indigenous Muisca leaders done up like Habsburg royals. Review: An engaging LACMA show delves into how Indigenous Colombian cultures think about gold 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Von Habsburg, 81, is the archduke of Austria — he’s a descendant of Marie Antoinette’s mother — and an authority on Faberge eggs. J.P. Morgan's million-dollar pocket watch vanished. The hunt for it became an obsession 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Those included condemnation of just the sort of graven imagery his son would later master for the Church of Rome and its royal cohorts in Habsburg Spain. Review: The Getty Villa's gem of a Peter Paul Rubens show 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Austria, as the ancestral state of the Habsburgs, had always been the single most powerful German state within the Holy Roman Empire. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The protest marked the March 15 national holiday, which celebrates the Hungarian revolution and war of independence of 1848, a national uprising against the ruling Austrian Habsburgs. Hungarian far-right party protests lockdown 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Baile Herculane, which translates as Hercules' Baths, is famed for its natural warm sulphuric springs, originally developed by the Romans, and later by royalty of the Habsburg Empire. Romania's young history fans battle to save imperial spa resort 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z When I reached out to him, Von Habsburg wrote that he recalled Skala as a buyer at auctions, but knew little else. J.P. Morgan's million-dollar pocket watch vanished. The hunt for it became an obsession 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z In December of last year, a study revealed that the facial deformity known as "Habsburg Jaw" – seen in the dynasty of Spanish and Austrian royals – is a sign of inbreeding. DNA from ancient Irish tomb indicates royal incest, study finds 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The Habsburgs, however, found that the diversity of their domains greatly hampered their ability to develop along absolutist lines. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Habsburg rulers moved quickly to re-establish dominance over their exhausted and war-torn lands; Marian columns sprang up all over Bohemia and beyond. Torn down by mob, Catholic statue rises again 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The revolutionaries saw it as a symbol of Habsburg oppression. Prague erects replica of baroque Virgin Mary statue toppled in 1918 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z “He sold it to a collector in San Diego,” wrote Von Habsburg. J.P. Morgan's million-dollar pocket watch vanished. The hunt for it became an obsession 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Princess Maria Galitzine, a descendent of the Habsburg dynasty, passed away at age 31 from a cardiac aneurysm earlier this month. Germany’s Prince Otto of Hesse dead at 55 from motorcycle accident: reports 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The Habsburgs ruled Austria itself and exercised real control over the constituent kingdoms of their empire like Hungary and Bohemia, but had virtually no authority over the other Holy Roman states. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1918, as the Habsburgs entered the history books, and a new country - Czechoslovakia - emerged from the ashes of Austro-Hungary, symbols of centuries of Catholic supremacy and Habsburg rule became targets of nationalist fervour. Torn down by mob, Catholic statue rises again 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Some opponents of the scheme argued that the statue was still a symbol of Habsburg repression and enforced Catholic domination of the country. Prague erects replica of baroque Virgin Mary statue toppled in 1918 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z “It’s annoying, but I’m fine. It’s not the Black Plague,” von Habsburg told the network. Prince Charles' coronavirus diagnosis made Prince Harry want to ‘return straight away,' insider claims 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “It’s annoying, but I’m fine. It’s not the Black Plague,” von Habsburg, who is the first royal to be diagnosed with the novel virus, told the network. Coronavirus hits royalty as Archduke of Austria, Karl von Habsburg, is quarantined after testing positive 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Despite being unable to impose absolutism across the vast breadth of their territories, the Habsburg line produced highly effective rulers in the eighteenth century in particular. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Researchers recruited 10 maxillofacial surgeons to diagnose facial deformity in 66 portraits of 15 members of the Habsburg dynasty. Royal dynasty facial deformity known as 'Habsburg jaw' was caused by inbreeding, scientists say 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Swiss farmers built bonfires to announce their independence from the Habsburgs. 'Burning Man in the South Bay': A crazy beach party aglow with bonfires and tradition 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Why isn’t it part of Germany or France or the House of Habsburg? Perspective | If it’s Monday, this must be Luxembourg: Notes from my recent trip 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Both show Philip IV of Spain, the Habsburg king who was Velázquez’s great patron. Review: 3 Velázquez paintings alone are reason to go, now, to this San Diego show 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z In addition, the Austrian Habsburgs absorbed the remaining Spanish possessions in Italy and the Hapsburg-controlled parts of the Netherlands, meaning Spain was now bereft of its last European territories outside of the Iberian peninsula itself. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The surgeons were able to diagnose 11 features of mandibular prognathism, also known as "Habsburg jaw," as well as seven of maxillary deficiency, most recognized by a prominent lower lip and overhanging nasal tip. Royal dynasty facial deformity known as 'Habsburg jaw' was caused by inbreeding, scientists say 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Starhemberg and his company of 20,000 men defended the city against the 120,000-strong Ottoman army, which was eventually defeated by the combined forces of Poles, Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire. Is there an Austrian link to New Zealand mosque attacks? 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z A daughter studied abroad in Austria, hence the Vienna room, a posh three-bedroom fit for a Habsburg. You’re going where? Provo, Utah. 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z And what better insight into the Habsburg court of Philip IV of Spain is there than Diego Velázquez’s baroque cycle of royal portraits? Leonardo was a man of the Renaissance, not narrow nationhood | Tristram Hunt 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z The Habsburgs were also favored for leadership by the electors because their kingdoms bordered the growing Ottoman Turkish empire, and thus they played a vital role in holding the Turks in check. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Habsburgs continuously occupied the throne of the Holy Roman Empire from 1438 until the dynasty's extinction in the male line in 1740. Royal dynasty facial deformity known as 'Habsburg jaw' was caused by inbreeding, scientists say 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z One morning, I took a train south across the flat countryside to Szeged, a university town of cheerful Habsburg architecture. Viktor Orbán’s Far-Right Vision for Europe 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z See the history of the Roman Empire, the Habsburg Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Romanov dynasty , the various Chinese dynasties, and too many others to count. Opinion | The United States is losing the ability to defend itself 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert are permeated with the polyglot folk traditions that surrounded them in the Habsburg lands. Review | Danish String Quartet shows off the power of folk music 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z From 1438 to 1806, when the empire finally dissolved when it was conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte, there was only ever one non- Habsburg emperor. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The last Habsburg king of Spain, Charles II, died in 1700. Royal dynasty facial deformity known as 'Habsburg jaw' was caused by inbreeding, scientists say 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The Habsburg monarchy of Hitler’s youth was a multinational country with democratic institutions and a free press. Trump borrows from the old tricks of fascism | Timothy Snyder 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z It used to be part of the Austrian Habsburg Empire until the end of World War One, when it was annexed to Italy. Passport row tests Europe's populist allies 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z There were pieces from the old Habsburg Palace. A Museum Fire, an Assassination Attempt, and Brazil’s Implosion 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The unofficial Habsburg motto was “Let others wage war. You, happy Austria, marry to prosper.” Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z According to a press release, the study found a correlation between the two conditions, suggesting that "Habsburg jaw" is characterized by both and that they share a common genetic basis. Royal dynasty facial deformity known as 'Habsburg jaw' was caused by inbreeding, scientists say 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Hitler formulated his version of total irresponsibility after the disaster of the first world war, which destroyed the Habsburg monarchy and fragmented its German ally. Trump borrows from the old tricks of fascism | Timothy Snyder 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z "If it is ancestry, the question is: why only certain successors of Austrian citizens during the Habsburg time and not others?" Passport row tests Europe's populist allies 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Greg King is the author of “The Fate of the Romanovs” and “Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs.” Review | Why no nation would rescue Nicholas II and his family from revolutionary Russia 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z A flurry of attacks and counter-attacks ensued, ultimately pitting the Catholic Habsburgs against the German Protestant princes and, soon, their allied Danish king. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z "The Habsburg dynasty serves as a kind of human laboratory for researchers to do so, because the range of inbreeding is so high." Royal dynasty facial deformity known as 'Habsburg jaw' was caused by inbreeding, scientists say 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z In 1867, a Habsburg compromise with the Hungarians created a larger, multi-ethnic collection of mainly Central European kingdoms under one imperial crown. The imperial roots of climate science 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z This reinterpretation of Roth’s novel is one instance of a widespread interest in the art and style of the old Habsburg empire. Habsburg culture is back in vogue 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z But no one would be laughing if the outcome resembled the demands that the Habsburg Empire presented to Serbia in July 1914. Opinion | The Trump administration’s demands are disturbingly reminiscent of 1914 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The Habsburgs led a Catholic League, supported by powerful Catholic princes, while Frederick of the Palatinate, a German Calvinist prince, led the Protestant League against the forces of the emperor. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The battle lines in Syria are far more complicated than the Balkans in the last days of the Habsburgs. Syria crisis: danger awaits in rush for influence on crowded battlefield 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z A world power ruled by the eccentric Habsburg monarchy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a force to reckon with for the frenetic 50 years preceding 1918. The imperial roots of climate science 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z “Every few weeks I do a search on Twitter and there is an incredible benevolence about the Habsburgs,” says Eduard Habsburg, Hungary’s ambassador to the Vatican and the former ruling family’s unofficial social-media maven. Habsburg culture is back in vogue 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Instead, those demands became the nexus of a conflagration that not only destroyed millions of lives but also destroyed the Habsburg Empire. Opinion | The Trump administration’s demands are disturbingly reminiscent of 1914 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z In 1630, the Swedish king, Gustavus Adolphus, received financial backing from the French to oppose the Habsburgs and their forces. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The group of senior former politicians, according to the indictment, was informally called the Hapsburg Group, after the Austro-Hungarian dynasty, the Habsburgs. European Ex-Officials Deny Being Paid by Manafort to Lobby for Ukraine 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Now, if you’re rushing to download the app to see which hirsute Habsburg you look like, please note that this feature is currently only available in the US. Finding your museum doppelganger is fun – but the science behind it is scary | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Yet this notion of the late Habsburg period as a warning coexists with nostalgia for its glamour, epitomised by the gold leaf on a Klimt painting. Habsburg culture is back in vogue 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z The state picked the wrong side in a war of succession for the Spanish crown between Philip V and the Habsburgs in the 18th century. 'I Feel Anger I Never Had Inside Me.' On the Ground with Catalonians Fighting to Vote 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Under the leadership of its savvy royal minister, Cardinal Richelieu, France worked to hold its Habsburg rivals in check despite the shared Catholicism of the French and Habsburg states. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Rees-Mogg was expected at a party gathering in Kent, so he climbed back into his Jaguar SUV, a history of the Habsburg dynasty queued up on the stereo. How an odd duck is ruffling Britain’s Conservative Party 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Around 1,500 people live within the walls of its Old City, custodians of cultural treasures left by everyone from the Romans and the Ostrogoths to the Venetians and the Habsburgs. Cruise tourists overwhelm Europe's ancient resorts - BBC News 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z In the Czech Republic, a former Habsburg territory, a whopping 47% of television viewers tuned in. Habsburg culture is back in vogue 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z In 1848, in an uncanny precursor to the Soviet invasion in 1956, Russian troops quashed the Hungarian noble uprising against Habsburg rule. A brief history of Russian interventions in other people’s elections 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z At this point, the war shifted in focus from a religious conflict to a dynastic struggle between the two greatest royal houses of Europe: the Bourbons of France and the Habsburgs of Austria. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For a long time, the art of royal spectacle was for other, weaker peoples: Italians, Russians, and Habsburgs. Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z But it was all "the Empire" to the Habsburgs. Will DNA test solve Habsburg imperial mystery? - BBC News 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z As Philipp Blom, a historian, notes, “people tend to idealise” the Habsburg empire, even though it was “ultimately torn apart by nationalism”. Habsburg culture is back in vogue 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z “The biggest achievement was the restitution of our name,” says Mr. Habsburg, who believes Romania was at its most unified under his family. Not a Big Fan of Dracula: The Owner of This Romanian Castle 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z In other territories like Hungary, however, nobles successfully resisted the encroachment of their Habsburg rulers. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Urban, a former anti-communist, recalled that he jokingly proposed calling the new nation “Left-Over-Stan” to describe its repeated historical experience as a “leftover”, first from the Habsburg Empire and then the Cold War. 'Nobody calls it Czechia': Czech Republic's new name fails to catch on 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z What can we learn from the fate of the Habsburg Empire — the previous, failed, attempt at a ‘European Union’, formed through a series of dynastic marriages? Lessons from Brexit 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z That site stood until 1692 when the Habsburgs, who reconquered the region, removed all precious items they could find and took them to Vienna. Townspeople and Treasure Hunters in Hungary Search for a Sultan’s Buried Heart 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z At the same time, Mr. Habsburg says, the government tarnished the reputation of the royal family “as the mean exploiters of the poor.” Not a Big Fan of Dracula: The Owner of This Romanian Castle 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The long-term pattern was that, especially after the Treaty of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years’ War in 1648 rendered the political structure of the Holy Roman Empire virtually meaningless, “Habsburg” meant “Austrian.” Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Old fears about the Hungarian language, culture, and identity in general, prominent during Hungary’s existence as part of the Habsburg, and later Austro-Hungarian, empire, were stirred once more. Fascism is rising in the U.S. and Europe — and Donald Trump is the face of this disturbing new reality 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z ‘Immense behind-the-scenes influence’ Despite never winning a single election, Robert Moses reigned over a set of principalities that would rival a Habsburg monarch. Story of cities #32: Jane Jacobs v Robert Moses, battle of New York's urban titans 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Rents and public transport costs in the city whose architecture is marked by its past as the center of the Habsburg empire are cheap compared with other western capitals. Once more, Vienna ranked world's nicest city and Baghdad worst 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Habsburg says he doesn’t recall any Dracula association growing up in the castle, but there are tenuous connections. Not a Big Fan of Dracula: The Owner of This Romanian Castle 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Henceforth, the two branches of the Habsburgs were united in their Catholicism and their enmity with France, but little else. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The following year, he played for the Holy Roman Empress of the Habsburg Dynasty and her musically inclined daughter, Marie Antoinette. What Makes a Prodigy? 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Over time, this relationship with the Habsburgs became so lopsided that Fugger, born a commoner, was able to cajole the monarchs into granting extraordinary favors. He remade capitalism, religion and history. You’ve probably never heard of him. 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It’s worth mentioning that this roof is only on the fifth floor – but, this being a Habsburg town, nothing else around is higher. Europe's Best Rooftop Bars: Budapest's 360 Bar 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Habsburg is focused on a historical building at the castle’s base that will be a restaurant. Not a Big Fan of Dracula: The Owner of This Romanian Castle 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z He conquered territories in southeastern Europe including all of Hungary, and ultimately besieged the Habsburg capital of Vienna in 1529. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Up another valley, the stone Zilkale fortress looks like something from a Habsburg Alpine land, except that it was built, of course, by the Ottomans. Turkish Eastern Black Sea: The Other Alps (Part Two) 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The Habsburg empire ended a century ago with the abdication of the last emperor. Austrian empress's potty fetches thousands of euros 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Vienna – capital of the Habsburgs for seven hundred years, is more traditional and is keyed to monarchs, specifically, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Kaiser Franz Josef, the early and mid-nineteenth. The Ultimate Habsburg Romance: Your Own Coach and Horses in Vienna 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z There is a 1930s wood silverware trunk from the Habsburg family inside a castle hall. Not a Big Fan of Dracula: The Owner of This Romanian Castle 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The supply train for Spanish armies, known as the Spanish Road, stretched all the way from Spain across west-central Europe, crossing over both Habsburg territories and those controlled by other princes. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Escorted by police in unmarked BMWs, the convoy rumbled past Vienna’s centuries-old churches and Habsburg palaces, crossed the Slovakian border and arrived at Bratislava Airport. Austrian currency scandal shines light on the enigmatic industry of money printing The Islam law, the "Islamgesetz", was brought in by the Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph, after Austria's annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Row over Austria's Islam law 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Thousands of Catalans died alongside their Habsburg allies, and Catalan politicians lay wreaths on their graves each year. With eye on Scottish vote, Catalans rally for independence from Spain 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Princip was a Bosnian Serb who killed the Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, because they were members of the Habsburg dynasty which he and his five accomplices regarded as occupiers. Serbs boycott Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassination centenary 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z France’s traditional rival was the Habsburg line of Austria. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Serbs tend to consider Princip a hero who struck a blow against the repressive Habsburg monarchy, which ruled Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time. World War I Conference in Sarajevo Divides Scholars 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z This isn't perhaps the language one expects from a history professor, a former student of AJP Taylor and a world authority on the Habsburg empire. Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster' 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Once settled, their land was occupied first by the Ottomans, then the Habsburgs. Insight: Hungary to ignore critics with landslide for Orban 2014-03-26T12:07:37Z The Vienna Philharmonic's was to perform a repertoire harking back to the days of the Habsburg Empire, including Haydn, Schubert, Berg and Brahms. Serbs boycott Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassination centenary 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z What had once been the larger and more disparate empire of the Habsburgs was split into two different Habsburg empires in 1558, when the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V abdicated. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The commonly heard view is that Serbia fought valiantly against Germany and the Habsburg Empire on the side of the Entente alliance, which the United States joined in 1917. World War I Conference in Sarajevo Divides Scholars 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Austria-Hungary bore only slightly less responsibility for its panic over-reaction to the assassination of the heir to the Habsburg throne. 10 interpretations of who started WW1 2014-02-12T00:32:16Z A territory inhabited by majority of Romanians cannot be called Hungarian, especially when it was occupied by force by Hungarians and then the Habsburgs. Moldova: Hostage in a geopolitical game 2013-11-19T12:34:59Z They had little interest in the complexities of the Habsburgs or the cold war. Schumpeter: It’s complicated 2013-11-21T16:03:53Z The territories depicted in dark yellow were those of the Habsburgs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Others in the war archive in Vienna were prepared for the Habsburg troops who retook the town in the 1680s. Searching for the sultan's heart 2013-09-01T23:10:24Z “The current American corporate elite seems to be leading us toward the fate of the earlier Roman, Dutch and Habsburg Spanish empires, starving the treasury and accumulating vast resources for itself,” Dr. Mizruchi writes. Way of the World: Aligning With the Greater Good 2013-05-02T13:32:21Z The other minorities who have lived under the Habsburg rule for centuries, like the Slovaks, Serbs and others, can also testify for the treatment received as 2-nd class citizens. Moldova: Hostage in a geopolitical game 2013-11-19T12:34:59Z No other institution can claim to have withstood Attila the Hun, the ambitions of the Habsburgs, the Ottoman Turks, Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler, in addition to Stalin and his successors. Breaking Down Barriers: Pope Francis, The New World Pontiff 2013-03-14T03:05:23Z The territory marked in blue in the northeast is the kingdom of Prussia, the great rival of Habsburg Austria. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z No other institution can claim to have withstood Attila the Hun, the ambitions of the Habsburgs, the Ottoman Turks, Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler in addition to Stalin and his successors. Habemus Papam: Pope Francis, the First Pontiff from South America 2013-03-13T21:35:22Z His own lawyer called for clemency, saying his client, who claimed to be a descendant of the Habsburgs and a former "hostage of the freemasons", was "probably slightly deranged". 'Guru' conman jailed in France 2012-11-13T11:21:23Z The economic legacies of the Prussian, Habsburg and Ottoman empires still influence this Europe, and they, too, were shaped by a distinctive terrain. Geography Strikes Back 2012-09-08T00:46:38Z The Habsburgs learned about inbreeding the hard way. Inbreeding's Downside Is Not All in the Genes 2012-07-11T00:20:00Z The Holy Roman line of Habsburgs remained strongly identified with Austria and its capital of Vienna. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In July 1914, diplomats were trying to devise a solution that would permit the Habsburg Empire to deal with the cross-border police investigation that was inevitable after a terrorist attack. Europe needs bold solutions to survive this summer crisis 2012-07-06T15:53:07Z The Law on Islam was brought into force in 1912, under the Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph, as a result of Austria's annexation of Bosnia-Hercegovina. Austria celebrates 'model' law on Islam 2012-07-03T00:20:23Z Habsburg princes and then the communist elite hunted wild boar and red deer to their bloodthirsty hearts' content. Forcing the Danube to go straight 2012-06-23T10:45:54Z The Habsburgs were deposed at the end of the First World War, along with the Hohenzollerns, Ottomans, and Romanovs. London?s Last Waltz 2012-05-21T05:00:00Z The single most powerful dynasty, the Habsburgs, were at war two-thirds of the time during this period. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a return to the days of the Holy Roman Empire and the mistakes of the Hohenstaufens and Habsburgs. My Mission to London 1912-1914 2012-04-17T02:00:14.497Z It began as an attempt to integrate Muslim Bosnian soldiers into the Habsburg Army, and referred at first just to adherents of the "Hanafi rite of Islam". Austria celebrates 'model' law on Islam 2012-07-03T00:20:23Z The Rhenish archbishops were pacified by the restoration of the Rhine tolls, negotiations were begun with Philip IV., king of France, and with Robert, king of Naples, and the Habsburgs were confirmed in their possessions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Roth’s Radetzky March depicts the last sardonic hurrah of Habsburg Austria-Hungary. London?s Last Waltz 2012-05-21T05:00:00Z The last Spanish Habsburg died in 1700, and the heir was Louis’ grandson Philip. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Philip II. the Fair. dynasty was succeeded by that of the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He maintained peace in the states of the Church and friendly relations with Rudolph of Habsburg, and his policy in the Sicilian question was more liberal than that of his predecessor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z The foreign policy of Henry IV. was directed against the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The man responsible for the megatrade—which earned him the nickname the “London Whale”—has the ineffably Habsburg name of Bruno Iksil. London?s Last Waltz 2012-05-21T05:00:00Z The attempts of the Habsburgs to conquer Transylvania drew down upon them two fresh Turkish invasions, the first in Siege of Szigetv�r. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Frederick took a leading part in German affairs, and it is interesting to note that he had a considerable share in securing the election of his uncle, Rudolph of Habsburg, as German king in 1273. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He built a reputation as a military commander that later inspired even Napoleon, fighting a series of wars against the Habsburg Empire to win and hold the valuable province of Silesia. Potsdam Journal: Germany Marks Frederick the Great?s 300th Birthday 2012-01-24T22:00:54Z The Habsburgs, protectors of the nunnery, gradually drew to themselves the exercise of all the rights of the nuns, so that in 1352 Glarus joined the Swiss Confederation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Before this date, however, Laufenburg and some other districts had been sold to the senior branch of the family, who thus managed to retain the greater part of the Habsburg lands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z For the next quarter of a century he, as the champion of legitimacy, was fighting the Revolution on countless battle-fields, and the fearful struggle only bound the Magyar nation closer to the Habsburg dynasty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z It lay with the Netherlands to create a diversion in the favour of their co-religionists by keeping the forces of the Spanish Habsburgs fully occupied. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Mr. Stern was himself born in the city of Breslau, which Frederick seized by force along with the rest of Silesia from the Austrian Habsburgs just months into his reign in 1740. Potsdam Journal: Germany Marks Frederick the Great?s 300th Birthday 2012-01-24T22:00:54Z Eventually it became part of the latter country, and in 1534 was sold to the house of Habsburg, from whom it was taken by Frederick the Great during his attack on Silesia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z But before 1308, the year of Albert’s death, the long and troubled connexion of the Habsburgs with Bohemia had already begun. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The Habsburg kings were as jealous of the political as of the religious liberties of their Hungarian subjects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Meanwhile, at a diet held at Debreczin, Kossuth had formally proposed the dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty and Hungary had been proclaimed a republic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z In 1439 the deaths of the German king Albert II. and of Frederick of Tirol left Frederick the senior member of the Habsburg family, and guardian of Sigismund, count of Tirol. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Abandoned by the Habsburgs, and desirous of escaping from the increasing power of Bern, Fribourg in 1452 finally submitted to the count of Savoy, to whom it had become indebted for vast sums of money. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z But the immediate enemy of the Habsburgs was not a Luxemburg but a Wittelsbach. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Throughout the latter part of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, the Hungarian gentry underwent a cruel discipline at the hands of their Habsburg kings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Thus a struggle between the Luxemburgs and the Habsburgs appeared certain, and Louis, anxious to secure for his house a share of the spoil, hesitated for a time between these rivals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z He was equally unsuccessful in his efforts to procure the German crown at this time, and the relations between the new king, Henry VII., and the Habsburgs were far from friendly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z On the other hand, he understood the weakness of the Habsburg monarchy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The Habsburgs had now reached the summit of their power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z When the art collector Francesca von Habsburg toured the site, she took along a professional photographer whose pictures were so beautiful they were published in the magazine Vanity Fair.... Recommended: The Art of Medicine: Over 2,000 Years of Images and Imagination 2011-09-16T13:15:00.227Z This peace was concluded not by Rudolph, but by his brother, the archduke Matthias, who owing to the emperor’s mental incapacity had just been declared by his kinsman the head of the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z During this contest, which was carried on in a desultory fashion, Frederick drew his chief strength from southern and eastern Germany, and was supported by the full power of the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The French nation generally had never approved of the Austrian alliance, and regarded the Habsburgs as traditional enemies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Able to scorn the rivalry of the other princely houses of Germany, the Habsburgs saw in the kings of the house of Valois the only foemen worthy of their regard. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Gelderland was now definitely amalgamated with the Habsburg dominions in the Netherlands, until the revolt of the Low Countries led to its partition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Thus Rudolph made himself memorable as the real founder of the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Of an active and adventurous temperament, he fought under the emperor Maximilian I. in 1508, and afterwards served the Habsburgs loyally in other ways. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z He was a capable and chivalrous soldier, and a devoted servant of the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The Austrian Habsburgs fought long and valiantly for the kingdom of their kinsman, but Louis XIV. was too strong for them, and by the peace of Rastatt Spain passed from the Habsburgs to the Bourbons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The Habsburg power was, however, in the end too great for him, and he was forced to cede the duchy to Charles V. by the treaty of Venloo, signed on the 7th of September 1543. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z A compromise was at last effected by both parties agreeing to the date 1624, an arrangement which secured to the Catholics their gains in Bohemia and the other territories of the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z The Habsburgs promised their aid in securing this crown for Frederick, but, like many previous promises made to him, this came to nothing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z A standout piece is the Imperial Lilies of the Valley Basket sculpture, which represents all aspects of Faberge’s artistry in one work, Habsburg said. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts displays Faberge treasures, including imperial Easter eggs 2011-08-08T17:40:39Z The hostility of Austria and France, or rather of Habsburg and Bourbon, outlived the War of the Spanish Succession. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z His heart, in a silver urn, was buried separately in accordance with Habsburg tradition. VIDEO: Habsburg heart buried in Hungary 2011-07-18T03:42:33Z Moreover, Sweden, and other states which were now members of the Empire, warmly supported it; and the house of Habsburg, on which it reflected a certain splendour, would not willingly have let it die. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z The Habsburg family once ruled over a mighty empire, which dominated central Europe for hundreds of years. Empire's last heir 2011-07-18T06:24:59Z “Each piece was one-of-a-kind, meaning there were no repetitions,” Habsburg said. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts displays Faberge treasures, including imperial Easter eggs 2011-08-08T17:40:39Z Promulgated anew in 1724, it was formally accepted by the estates of the different Habsburg lands; in 1731 it was guaranteed by the imperial diet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Mr Habsburg, the son of the last emperor, died earlier this month at the age of 98. Empire heir's heart to be buried 2011-07-17T13:19:38Z Frederick’s reign is one of great importance in the history of Austria and of the house of Habsburg, but under him the fortunes of Germany sank to the lowest possible point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z The body of the last crown prince was buried in the Imperial crypt where his ancestors lie, but his heart will be taken to Hungary for burial on Sunday, in accordance with Habsburg tradition. In pictures 2011-07-16T19:50:41Z Mr Habsburg was born in 1912, six years before the collapse of the empire at the end of the First World War. Empire's last heir set for burial 2011-07-16T06:51:38Z Across the Adriatic Dalmatia was added to the Habsburg monarchy, the population of which, it has been estimated, was increased at this time by over four millions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z His heart is being buried separately in accordance with Habsburg tradition. Empire heir's heart to be buried 2011-07-17T13:19:38Z It was an alliance between the enemies of the house of Habsburg, and on this side it gained the support of the duke of Bavaria and treated with Francis I. of France. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Mr Habsburg only officially relinquished his claim to inherit the empire in 1961 and five years later was allowed to return to Austria for the first time since the family fled in 1919. Last heir to Austrian empire dies 2011-07-04T16:07:30Z Mr. Habsburg used his influence in a vain struggle to keep the Nazis from annexing Austria before World War II, then campaigned against the Soviet empire in the decades after the war. Otto Von Habsburg Dies Aged 98 2011-07-04T15:51:02Z After the reversion of Transylvania in 1713 to the Habsburg monarchy the actual strong fortress was built in 1716-1735 by the emperor Charles VI., whence the German name of the town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Mr Habsburg said he wanted his heart buried in Hungary to show the affection he held for the country, Austria's 19th Century partner in the Austro-Hungarian empire. Empire heir's heart to be buried 2011-07-17T13:19:38Z This intention produced The imperial succession. dissensions among the Habsburgs, especially between the emperor and his brother Ferdinand, and other causes were at work, moreover, to undermine the former’s position. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Even so devout a sovereign as Maria Theresa refused to allow “Febronius” to be forbidden in the Habsburg dominions; her son, the emperor Joseph II., applied the Febronian principles with remorseless thoroughness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The German question was settled definitively by the battle of K�niggr�tz in 1866; and the emperor Francis Joseph, with characteristic Habsburg opportunism, was quick to accommodate himself to the new circumstances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z All King Albert’s six sons had died without leaving male issue save Otto, whose family became extinct in 1344, and Albert, the ancestor of all the later Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z On the 6th of August 1806 he forced the Habsburgs, left with only the crown of Austria, to abdicate their Roman-Germanic title of Jena. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z They were zealous partisans of the House of Habsburg, to whom, during the reigns of Frederick II and Leopold I, they lent a powerful support. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The Burgundian dukes and their successors of the house of Habsburg were fully alive to the value to them of Flanders and its rich commercial cities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z He was connected with the Habsburgs through his grandmother Eleanore, daughter of the emperor Ferdinand III., and wife of Charles Leopold of Lorraine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z Although very important in the history of the house of Habsburg, Frederick’s long reign was a period of misfortune, and the motto which he assumed, A.E.I.O.U. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z To the French people it seemed that Prussia, The Hohenzollern candidature. barely mistress of Germany, was reviving against France the traditional policy of the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z He endeavoured to lay hands on the regency of Castile in the name of his insane daughter Joanna, and without regard to the claims of her husband Philip of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The wave hit Vienna, the capital of the Habsburg Empire, forcing the great power broker Metternich to resign. 1848 vs. 2011 2011-03-10T09:35:00Z From that time the leading members of the Habsburg family never lost an opportunity of aggrandizement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z In 1453, just after his coronation as emperor at Rome, Frederick legalized the use of the title archduke, which had been claimed spasmodically by the Habsburgs since 1361. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The power of the house of Habsburg was paralysed by an invasion of the Turks, and Louis XIV. sent 35,000 men into Belgium; while Luxemburg was occupied by Cr�qui and Vauban. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z The earl of Desmond belonged to the younger branch of the Denbigh family, who, until lately, were supposed to be connected with the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Maximilian began his career with Austria, Styria, part of Alsace and other districts, the original Habsburg patrimony; he married—the lady’s name scarcely matters to us—the Netherlands and Burgundy. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z While, however, the Habsburgs, the Wittelsbachs and later the house of Brandenburg were strengthening themselves, the Empire was steadily declining in power and influence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z These surrenders were doubtless inevitable, but they shook the position of the house of Habsburg in Italy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z In 1660 France was predominant in Europe; but she aroused no jealousy except in the house of Habsburg, enfeebled and divided against itself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z He was not, however, unmindful of the larger interest of his family, or of the Empire which the Habsburgs regarded as belonging to them by hereditary right. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Some families have fought, others have intrigued their way to world power; the Habsburgs married their way. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z With the accession of Francis I. to the French and Charles V. to the imperial throne began the long rivalry between France and the house of Habsburg, which continued with few interruptions till 1756. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z But the 18th century saw a few successes for the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z This Louis XIV. very soon altered, while yet claiming to continue it; he superseded it by one principle: that of replacing the proud tyranny of the Habsburgs of Spain by another. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z In the first decade of the 17th century the house of Habsburg seemed overtaken by senile decay, and the great inheritance of Charles V. and Ferdinand I. to be threatened with disintegration and collapse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z His political ideal was the consolidation of the Habsburg dynasty as a means towards freeing Hungary from the Turkish yoke. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Two provinces long annexed to the Habsburg monarchy de facto became so de jure, and the vision of a Serb empire with a free outlet to the sea, never very practicable, was finally dissolved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The position of the Habsburg monarchy now seemed desperate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z They knew that his blandishments were dictated by ulterior designs, and that the absorption of England in the Habsburg empire was his ultimate aim. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z A new constitution made the kingdom hereditary in the house of Habsburg, gave larger powers to the sovereign, and aimed at destroying the nationality of the Bohemians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z From 1556 to 1806 the Empire means a loose federation of the different princes of Germany, lay and ecclesiastical, under the presidency, elective in theory but hereditary in practice, of the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Once united at home France was ready and eager to seize the opportunity for inflicting a severe blow upon the Habsburgs in Spain and Austria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z On Rudolph’s death in July 1291 the German crown passed for a time away from the Habsburgs, but in July 1298 it was secured by his son, Albert, whose reign, however, was short and uneventful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z He wanted England to be first firmly tied to the Habsburg interests by Mary’s marriage with Philip. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z It has an interesting example of a medieval fortified church, a Gothic edifice founded by Rudolph of Habsburg in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 16th. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z When the Habsburg and Romanov empires collapsed after World War I, their leaders seized the opportunity. Thinking Outside the Two-State Box 2010-09-07T13:48:00Z The Protestant princes in the north of Germany were ready to ally with France and Sweden against the emperor, even the Catholic Bavarian duke was to prove a doubtful ally of the Habsburg house. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Louis was victorious: his rival went into an honourable captivity, and the rising Habsburg sun underwent a temporary eclipse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Count and Countess Arco, fourth cousins in the Habsburg dynasty, wed in 1980, a marriage that she said has been made “easier when you have a lot of common values.” Getting the Royal Treatment 2010-04-24T19:23:00Z Andrew Wheatcroft’s most recent book is “The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe.” 2010-01-29T17:51:00Z Walloons, Italians, Burgundians and other nationalities ruled over by the Habsburgs all contributed their quotas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" It also marked the end of the attempts of the Habsburgs to establish a monarchical system throughout all Germany. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z For more than a century after Frederick’s death in 1330 the Habsburgs were exiles from the German throne. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z As he has worked his way up through the auction world, Dr. Habsburg has bought back some of the paintings and sculptures that his family lost during World War II. Getting the Royal Treatment 2010-04-24T19:23:00Z The house of Habsburg, therefore, did not acquire this title with the inheritance of the dukes of Lorraine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The marriage of his son Philip to Joanna of Spain raised the House of Habsburg to the throne of Spain. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis From the death of Conrad IV., the son of Frederick II., in 1254 to 1273, when Rudolph of Habsburg became king, chaos reigned in Germany, and the period is known as the Great Interregnum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z A few years later Sigismund became involved in a war with the same formidable foemen; he too was worsted, and the “Perpetual Peace” of 1474 ended the rule of the Habsburgs in Switzerland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Archduke, a title peculiar to the royal family of Austria—the Habsburgs, who ruled until 1918. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The southern portion, now divided into the provinces of Antwerp and South Brabant, remained under the rule of the Spanish Habsburgs until the death of Charles II., the last of his race in 1700. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The new constitution proclaimed the heredity of the Bohemian crown in the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Sigismund’s death marks an epoch in the history of the Empire, for his successor Albert of Austria proved to be the first of a long line of Habsburg emperors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z This humiliation was the second great step in the process of removing the Habsburgs from western to eastern Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z This scheme irritated Ferdinand and his popular and ambitious son at the critical moment when it was essential that the Habsburgs should hold together against princely malcontents. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" The chief city of Brabant, Brussels, became under the Habsburg r�gime the residence of the court and the capital of the Netherlands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" At the beginning of the 18th century the possibility of the extinction of the male line of the house of Habsburg arose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" With his accession the imperial throne became practically hereditary in the Habsburg family. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z This title is now peculiar to the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Charles VI. was an admirable representative of the tenacious ambition of the Habsburgs, and of their belief in their own “august greatness” and boundless rights. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" This state of things continued till 1522, when it was conquered by Duke Charles of Gelderland, from whom it was taken by the emperor Charles V. in 1536, and became part of the Habsburg dominions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The arbitrary and absolutist government of Prince Metternich rendered all political action impossible in the lands ruled by the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The triumph of democracy in Germany was made possible only by the temporary collapse of the Habsburg power, a collapse due to the universality and apparent unanimity of the onslaught upon it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The reverses suffered by the Habsburgs during the reign of Frederick III. were many and serious, but an improvement was at hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Much the same was true of the Habsburg group of states, but Charles soon freed himself from direct responsibility for their government by making them over, together with W�rttemberg, to his brother Ferdinand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" He may be truly called the political forerunner of the Habsburg dynasty of the Middle Ages in the policy of strengthening dynasties by marrying royal women to powerful kings. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) By the end of the year 1849 all constitutional government had ceased in Bohemia, as in all parts of the Habsburg empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" During their long experience under the Habsburgs and Hungarians, the Transylvanian Romanians also became intimately associated with the events of central and western Europe. Area Handbook for Romania For Spain and the Spanish Habsburgs the 17th century was a period of loss and decay, the seeds of which were sown during the reign of Philip II. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z On the death of his elder brother Joseph I. on the 17th of April 1711, Charles inherited the hereditary possessions of the house of Habsburg, and their claims on the Empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Hence feuds with the Habsburgs, wounded in their rights as overlords of Cilli, ending, however, in an alliance with the Habsburg king Albert II., who made Ulrich for a short while his lieutenant in Bohemia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" He was a faithful servant of the house of Habsburg, and one of the government officials who were thrown from the windows of the Hradĉany palace in 1618, at the beginning of the Bohemian uprising. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The Habsburg rulers favored the expansion of the church and permitted the opening of seminaries for the training of young Romanian clergy. Area Handbook for Romania Finally Charles II., the last Habsburg king of Spain, died childless in November 1700, and his lands were the prize of the War of the Spanish Succession. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The electors of Bavaria had claims on the possessions of the Habsburgs under the will of the emperor Ferdinand I., who died in 1564. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Rudolph of Habsburg restored all that had been lost, and surrendered the imperial claims. The History of Freedom Archduke Ferdinand Origin of the Habsburg dynasty. of Austria—afterwards the emperor Ferdinand I.—laid claim to the Bohemian throne as husband of Anna, daughter of King Vladislav. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" When we consider the individual variations from the family type, there can be here no question of physical heredity, like the lip of the Habsburg or the tainted blood of the Spanish Bourbons. German Problems and Personalities Ferdinand I., the founder of the line of the Austrian Habsburgs, arranged a division of his lands among his three sons before his death in 1564. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z His most successful achievement was the union with Poland for mutual defence against the Habsburgs and the Czechs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" The Venetian forts were demolished, and in 1382 the city gave itself to the Habsburgs to make itself secure. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia This date is memorable, as it marks the permanent accession of the Habsburg dynasty to the Bohemian throne, though the Austrian archdukes Rudolph and Albert had previously been rulers of Bohemia for short periods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Compared with the ancient House of Habsburg or of Bourbon, the Hohenzollern may well be called the “parvenus” of royalty. German Problems and Personalities To prevent the Habsburg monarchy from falling to pieces the emperor’s two surviving brothers renounced their rights, and it was decided that Ferdinand, a son of Charles of Styria, should succeed his cousin Matthias. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z He enlarged upon the old Habsburg practice of marriage as a means of alliance of influence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" And, painfully aware of the certainty of this consummation, Austria was dejected and Hungary secretly making ready to secede from the Habsburg Monarchy. England and Germany Though Ferdinand fully shared that devotion to Rome which is traditional in the Habsburg dynasty, he showed great moderation in religious matters, particularly at the beginning of his reign. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" No dynasts in modern times, not even the Bourbons nor the Habsburgs, have been more obsessed with the pride of race. German Problems and Personalities The alliance of the French emperor and the king of Sardinia, and the Italian war of 1859 ended in the loss of Lombardy to the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Only about one-third of the whole work, which extended from 1410 to 1474, is known to be in existence, but MSS. carried by the Habsburgs to Vienna or Madrid may possibly yet be discovered. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Fate, it seemed, had at last overtaken the Habsburg Monarchy, which, contrary to general expectation, had not succumbed to internal strife on the outbreak of the war. England and Germany Maria Theresa recovered Bohemia and the other lands that had been under the rule of the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The modern Teutonic State, the Holy German Empire of the Habsburg, has equally perished through clericalism. German Problems and Personalities This at least restored the loyalty of the Hungarians to the Habsburg dynasty; it is too soon yet to say that it secured permanently the essential unity of the Habsburg monarchy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Changing sides in 1805 he fought for Napoleon, with the result that by the peace of Pressburg in that year he obtained the Breisgau and other territories at the expense of the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Counts Aehrenthal and Berchtold destined Bulgaria and Roumania to coalesce and form the nucleus of a permanent Balkan confederation to be patronized and protected by the Habsburgs. England and Germany During the long Napoleonic wars, in which the house of Habsburg was almost continuously engaged, Bohemia continued in its previous lethargic state. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" A few months after Napoleon’s last overtures had been rejected by Russia, the Habsburgs, who, after the Bourbons, were the most august, the most ancient dynasty of Europe, eagerly accepted what the Romanovs had refused. German Problems and Personalities A few words must be said about the cadet branches of the Habsburg family. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z It was solely through his efforts that Hungary did not accede to the league of Cambrai, was consistently friendly with Venice, and formed a family compact with the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" At that moment Count Berchtold was Minister of Foreign Affairs in name, but Count Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, was the man who thought, planned and acted for the Habsburg Monarchy. England and Germany The treaty with Prussia, signed at Prague on the 23rd of August 1866, excluded from Germany all lands ruled by the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The world has been made familiar with the Court scandals of the Habsburgs, the Bourbons, and the Georges, and has heard little of the Hohenzollern Dynasty. German Problems and Personalities With the exception of Charles V. the Habsburgs have produced no statesmen of great ability, while several members of the family have displayed marked traces of insanity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z At this time the principle of primogeniture was unknown in the house of Habsburg, and for many years the duchies were ruled in common by two, or even three, members of the family. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" This restriction of military operations to the Habsburg Monarchy struck many observers as singular. England and Germany Karl Hohenwart, took office with the firm intention of accomplishing an agreement between Bohemia and the other parts of the Habsburg empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The German is like the symbolical eagle of the Habsburg. German Problems and Personalities Habsburg blood flows in their veins as it flows in you, the Heir Presumptive, but the Family Law debars them. The Secret Witness A series of deaths among the Habsburgs during the first half of the 14th century left Duke Albert II. and his four sons as the only representatives of the family. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" They had begun by counting upon the breaking up of the Habsburg Monarchy. England and Germany This fact, which became known in Bohemia, secured for him the support of the Bohemian church reformers, while the Romanists and retrograde Utraquists were traditionally on the side of the house of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Those few Croats who are not for Yugoslavia are moved by ecclesiastical prejudice or by their longing for the privileges which the Habsburgs granted them. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 For whatever this Habsburg's failings, fear was not one of them. The Secret Witness The Thirty Years' War now ceased to be a religious struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism; it resolved itself into a return to the old political strife between France and the Habsburgs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Arnold von Melchthal, son of an old Swiss, has conceived an unhappy passion for Mathilda, Princess of Habsburg, whose life he once saved; but he is Swiss and resolved to be true to his country. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Rudolph was a great patron of the arts, and he greatly contributed to the embellishment of Prague, which, as it was his favourite residence, became the centre of the vast Habsburg dominions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" It is most foolish to pretend that all these people are thinking regretfully of the old Habsburg days—they are, in the vast majority, sincere and loyal Yugoslavs who have certain grievances. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 She had balked an ambitious woman, stultified all her efforts to advance the fortunes of her children, and had written her husband before the House of Habsburg a traitor to his Emperor and his country. The Secret Witness Till 1648 the Bourbon and Habsburg powers continued the war, and at the peace of Westphalia Austria suffered severe losses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Ferdinand III and Leopold I pass by, and Leopold's second son Charles VI second as King of Bohemia, last male representative of the House of Habsburg, who was succeeded by his daughter Maria Theresia. From a Terrace in Prague Though Matthias had allied himself with the Bohemian Protestants during his prolonged struggle against his brother, he now adopted that policy favourable to the Church of Rome which is traditional of the Habsburg dynasty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Now you see, he cried, there are still in Croatia a number of disloyal Slavs, great landowners, Catholic clergy and others whom the Habsburgs used to favour. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 To the Dalmatians, who were in need of schools, roads and railways, they said, "Show us first that you are patriotic subjects of the House of Habsburg." The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 At the Establishment of the dual monarchy. same time the surrender of Venetia completed the work of 1859, and the last remnant of the old-established Habsburg domination in Italy ceased. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" So the stout resistance of the Hussites was eventually broken, and the House of Habsburg, for some time elected Kings of Bohemia, encroached more and more on the chartered freedom of the country. From a Terrace in Prague Like most princes of the Habsburg dynasty, he was constantly confronted at this period by the difficulty of raising funds for warfare against the Turks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" "And those who say that you are longing for the return of the Habsburgs?" The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Rieka, like Triest, had been a free town under the Habsburgs, the reason being that they were the chief arteries of trade, so that a greater freedom was desirable. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 In placing the account of the origin and development of the Habsburg monarchy under this heading, it is merely for the sake of convenience. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Prague must have been a fair city in those days when Ottokar II rode out of the gate to meet Rudolph of Habsburg. From a Terrace in Prague Vigorously seconding the efforts of Henry to curtail the power of the house of Habsburg, he spent health and money ungrudgingly in this service, and continued his labours until the king’s murder in 1610. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" When the Treaty of Vienna in 1815 gave Venice, Istria and the Eastern Adriatic to the Habsburgs the vessels plying in those waters were very largely Slav. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Had not Tomasić and Milutinović been the Generals—both Croats—who were sent to change Napoleon's Dalmatia into a province of the Habsburgs? The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Important as these gains were, the treaty none the less once more illustrated the perpetual sacrifice of the true interests of the hereditary dominions of the house of Habsburg to its European entanglements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Following rapidly on the golden peace of Charles come the troublous days of religious strife, for with his son began the Hussite wars which left Bohemia desolate and a prey to the eagles of Habsburg. From a Terrace in Prague His possessions extended from the Giant Mountains in Bohemia to the Adriatic, and included almost all the parts of the present Habsburg empire west of the Leitha. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" It was the end of the Habsburg monarchy. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 This new Parliament cancelled the institution of serfdom and proclaimed that one of their objects was to have the Habsburg monarchy a federation, on the model of Switzerland. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 The accession of Maria Theresa to the throne of the Habsburgs Maria Theresa. marks an important epoch in the history of Austria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Successive Habsburgs who followed on these Polish rulers of Bohemia, Vladislav and his son Louis, benefited by the magnificent work which these two scions of the Royal House of Jagoilla left to posterity. From a Terrace in Prague The country was at last pacified through the intervention of Rudolph of Habsburg, and at the age of twelve Wenceslas became nominal ruler of the country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" As for the other Croats, only Frank's Clerical party, which numbered five or six deputies, and did not hide its persistent sympathies with the House of Habsburg, kept up Separatist tendencies. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 The Habsburgs had exploited them, but the Croats felt that they were bound by all the blood which they had shed and by the military glory they had won in Austria's service. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 The most obvious direction in which this could be sought was in Bavaria, ruled by the decadent house of Wittelsbach, the secular rival of the house of Habsburg in southern Germany. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Louis, we know, was drowned just after the battle of Moháč, and the short-lived Polish dynasty made way definitely for Kings of the House of Habsburg. From a Terrace in Prague Footnote 878: Control over England was the great objective of Habsburg policy. Henry VIII. This party has shed some of its extremist clerical members, who to the cry, "The Church is in danger!" were very good servants of the Habsburgs. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 The Slavs seem to have been the Habsburgs' nightmare. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 The spirit of revolutionary France had not yet touched the heart of the Habsburg empire, and national rivalries were expressed, not so much in expansive ambitions, as in a somnolent clinging to traditional privileges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" In fact, the storm was rising which was to sweep over Bohemia, thence over all Central Europe, leaving it eventually broken and desolate, under the hand of Habsburg. From a Terrace in Prague A breach might easily precipitate civil strife in the Empire; and, indeed, in June, 1534, W�rtemberg was wrested from the Habsburgs by Philip of Hesse with the connivance of France. Henry VIII. The town's prosperity dated from the time when the Habsburgs were driven out of Italy. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 He complains at length of the anti-Austrian activities of the Serbo-Croatian Coalition, and this proves that the party was not, as its critics have said, too subservient to the Habsburgs. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 The isolated revolts in Italy were easily suppressed; and the insurrection of Poland, though it provoked the lively sympathy of the Magyars and Czechs, led to no actual movement in the Habsburg states. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Despite all Habsburg precautions towards settling the crown of Bohemia on their own house, the nobles of the country proceeded to assemble a Diet at Prague in order to elect a new King. From a Terrace in Prague After his death in 1490 it again became subject to Bohemia, passing with the rest of Silesia to the Habsburgs when in 1526 Ferdinand, afterwards emperor, was chosen king of Bohemia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The other States which had inherited the Habsburg Empire were, all of them, faced with the same demands; and they objected that to sign such Articles was inconsistent with their sovereignty. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 This Bishop, the son of Slovene peasants, had been educated near Vienna, had been a confessor of the House of Habsburg, and he found it difficult to regard himself as a Slovene. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 The army and the prestige of the imperial tradition were, in fact, the two sheet-anchors that enabled the Habsburg monarchy to weather the storm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" He is quite right there too; but so also did Habsburg. From a Terrace in Prague In many of the windows there are figures of leading members of the houses of Burgundy and Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" That could be done only by choosing a Bourbon or a Habsburg. Lectures on Modern history Dr. Ušeničnik proved that the poor Slovenes were suffering an almost intolerable subjection at the hands of the Germans, but he persisted in demanding nothing more than freedom within the Habsburg Monarchy. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 But the shadow of the Holy Empire, immemorially associated with the house of Habsburg, still darkened the counsels of German statesmen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" There followed Vladislav, a Pole, and various Habsburgs as Kings of Bohemia, but I see little that the river cares to reflect, of their work or doings. From a Terrace in Prague He was not clear himself into how many states the Habsburg Monarchy should be converted, but the principle was the rebuilding of the Monarchy on a national basis. In the World War On the extinction of the Habsburg dynasty of emperors, the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach claimed the succession; and the French, supported by Frederic, traversed Germany and invaded Bohemia. Lectures on Modern history Had there been a similar movement in France, England, the United States, or even Italy, to-day the Hohenzollerns and Habsburgs would be upon their thrones, realizing the fulfilment of the Pan-German vision. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy Sometimes the word Erbl�nder, which properly is applied only to the older ancestral dominions of the house of Habsburg, is used for want of a better word. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" It was yet some centuries before the power of the Habsburg should become absolute in the lands of the Přemysl dynasty, but that family's light was nearing extinction. From a Terrace in Prague Not until my return to Bucharest and following on my reports did the Archduke conceive the plan of ceding Transylvania to Roumania and thus adding Greater Roumania to the Habsburg Empire. In the World War He was not the imperial candidate; for Leopold had required his own daughter to surrender her claim, that his crowns might not pass from Habsburg to Wittelsbachs. Lectures on Modern history Protopopov and Sturmer and their associates recognized as clearly as the liberals did the natural kinship and interdependence of the three great autocracies, the Romanov, Habsburg, and Hohenzollern dynasties. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy The original archduchy, which included Upper Austria, is the nucleus of the Austrian empire, and the oldest possession of the house of Habsburg in its present dominions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Certain it is that Rudolph, supported by all Germany, attacked Ottokar; this was the first rencontre between Bohemia and the House of Habsburg, and it ended in disaster for the former. From a Terrace in Prague The great leaders in our struggle for liberty did not attack the continuance of the Habsburg Empire as a Great Power. In the World War But his argument carried conviction, and Lewis argued that his grandson should accept the proffered throne, and that Bourbons should reign where the Habsburgs had reigned for a century and a half. Lectures on Modern history Habsburg is, however, correct, as the name is derived from Habicht, a hawk, and was originally Habichtsburg, the Hawk's Castle, from which the family derived its name. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 55, November 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Austria, which had been solemnly created an archduchy by the emperor Frederick in 1453, was claimed by the three remaining Habsburg princes, and lower Austria was secured by Frederick, while Albert obtained upper Austria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The shadow of the hand of Habsburg hung darkly over the southern frontiers of Bohemia. From a Terrace in Prague Whether the nations that once composed the Habsburg Empire will ever be reunited is an open question; should it come to pass, may a kind fate preserve us from a return of dualism. In the World War The pope understood and assented, and took the Habsburgs with him into the camp of the Great Deliverer. Lectures on Modern history His successor Joseph I had no children, so that the Archduke Charles became the heir-apparent to all the possessions of the Austrian Habsburgs. History of Holland The first tended to draw the separate states together for purposes of defence, and the second turned the attention of the Habsburgs to the possibilities of expansion in eastern Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Rudolph, the first Habsburg Emperor, began the famous tactics of his house, gaining power by matrimonial alliances. From a Terrace in Prague Franz Ferdinand possessed an exceptionally fine political flair, and this enabled him to see that Hungarian policy was a vital danger to the existence of the whole Habsburg Empire. In the World War He shared his dread of the Habsburgs and his interest in Gustavus, but they came to a breach at last. Lectures on Modern history The eagerness of the French king to precipitate hostilities with the Habsburg powers however forced their hands. History of Holland Charles VI. possessed none of these qualities; and when he died in 1740, the weakness of the scattered Habsburg empire rendered it an object of the cupidity of the continental powers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Albrecht of Habsburg objected, as he had fixed on his son Frederick as heir to the Bohemian lands. From a Terrace in Prague The Austrian Prime Minister, Count Clam, opposed this from the Austrian point of view, which supported the union of all the Poles under the Habsburg sceptre as being the one and only desirable solution. In the World War In the hereditary dominions of the House of Habsburg the situation was different. Lectures on Modern history With Charles II the male line of the Spanish Habsburgs became extinct; and there were three principal claimants in the female line of succession. History of Holland The long rivalry between Bourbons and Habsburgs was thus ended, and France and Austria remained in alliance or at peace until the outbreak of the French Revolution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Nevertheless, a certain amount of interest can be drawn out of this Habsburg's connection with Prague, and the Hradšany can show you some traces of his peculiarities. From a Terrace in Prague Sigismund of Austria—first duke then archduke,—Count of Tyrol, cousin of the Emperor Frederic, was a member of the House of Habsburg. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Richelieu aided him in making peace with the Poles, and he went forth with a trained army, assured that he would unite all the Protestants of Germany against the Habsburgs. Lectures on Modern history Even had the Whigs remained in office, they could hardly have continued to give active support to the cause of the Habsburg claimant in Spain. History of Holland He was himself a strange incarnation at once of doctrinaire liberalism and the old Habsburg autocracy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" His doings and those of his Habsburg successors brought so much suffering to Bohemia and Prague that I would rather be excused from giving any account of them. From a Terrace in Prague The Habsburg Empire is an incoherent and unstable state which is held together only by dynastic ties and external pressure. The Promise of American Life The Habsburgs felt strong enough to carry forward the Counter-Reformation even in Bohemia and the dependent lands, where nine-tenths of the people were Protestants, with rights assured by a recent and solemn instrument. Lectures on Modern history The Habsburgs, on the contrary, have grown great through marriage. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Even were the venerable name to survive, it was felt that it would pass, by the election of the princes now tributary to France, from the house of Habsburg to that of Bonaparte. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The building I refer to is called the Rudolfinum, after one of the unhappiest of all the Habsburgs, and served originally as an academy of music. From a Terrace in Prague There is a ceiling, in the Ritter Saal, that can almost vie with that of the castle of Habsburg, though it is less smoked. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland He was watching for an opportunity to break the power of the Habsburgs, which surrounded him everywhere, and threatened Amiens, not a hundred miles from Paris. Lectures on Modern history The union of Hungary with the house of Habsburg has always been personal rather than constitutional. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Avesnes was founded in the 11th century, and formed a countship which in the 15th century passed to the house of Burgundy and afterwards to that of Habsburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Of other Habsburgs on the throne of Bohemia, particularly that lonely bachelor Rudolph II; of his hobbies and the guests and visitors he welcomed to the castle. From a Terrace in Prague The Guardians are a mysterious secret organization who guard the imperial crown in a fairy castle and are favorable to the ancient house of Hohenstaufen but inimical to the ruling Habsburgs. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English The Austrian Habsburgs did not interfere to protect the Spanish branch, although they were its heirs. Lectures on Modern history |
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