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Karl von Habsburg (given names: Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam; born 11 January 1961) is an Austrian politician and the head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the former royal house of the defunct Austro-Hungarian thrones. As a citizen of the Republic of Austria, his legal name is Karl Habsburg-Lothringen. [1]
The unofficial leader of these groups was Otto von Habsburg, who campaigned against the Nazis and for a free Central Europe in France and the United States. Most of the resistance fighters, such as Heinrich Maier , who successfully passed on production sites and plans for V-2 rockets , Tiger tanks and aircraft to the Allies , were executed.
The House of Habsburg takes its name from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built in the 1020s by Count Radbot of Klettgau in Aargau (now in Switzerland). His grandson, Otto II , was the first to take on the name of the fortress as his own, adding Graf von Habsburg ("Count of Habsburg") to his title.
All about the House of Habsburg. Netflix recently dropped the historical drama, 'The Empress,' and fans have a lot of questions about who the royals were IRL. All about the House of Habsburg.
Otto von Habsburg [1] [2] (German: Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius, Hungarian: Ferenc József Ottó Róbert Mária Antal Károly Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Lajos Gaetan Pius Ignác; 20 November 1912 – 4 July 2011) [3] [4] was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of ...
The Habsburg monarchy, [i] also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm [j] (/ ˈ h æ p s b ɜːr ɡ /), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is also referred to as the Austrian monarchy (Latin: Monarchia Austriaca) or the Danubian ...
Count of Habsburg: Hedwig of Kyburg: Conradin 1252–1268 King of Jerusalem: Frederick I 1257–1323 Mgve of Meissen Habsburg: Isabella of Burgundy 1270–1323: Rudolf I 1218–1291 King of Germany r. 1273–1291 Duke of Austria: Gertrude of Hohenberg c. 1225 –1281: Hartmann 1263–1281: Elizabeth of Carinthia c. 1262 –1312: Albert I 1255 ...
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