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French success in this war, and the subsequent installation of Nevers as Duke of Mantua, weakened the Habsburg position in Italy. After 1648, France became predominant in central Europe. Following the peace treaty of Munster in 1648 and, more particularly, the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, Spain's power began its slow decline in what proved ...
In 1806 the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved under French pressure. Confederation of the Rhine – 1812: German Confederation – 1815: North German Confederation – 1870: A confederation of German client-states of the First French Empire: An attempted partial resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire after the Napoleonic wars
The First French Empire and its satellite states within Europe, ca. 1812: Image title: This is a map of the First French Empire (dark blue) and its satellite states (light blue) within Europe, circa 1812.
The empire was the first to be labelled as "the empire on which the sun never sets", a term used to describe several global empires throughout history. The lands of the empire had in common only the monarch, Charles V, while their boundaries, institutions, and laws remained distinct.
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The Habsburg monarchy, [i] also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, [j] was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is also referred to as the Austrian monarchy (Latin: Monarchia Austriaca) or the Danubian monarchy. [k] [2]
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