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The House of Habsburg (/ ˈ h æ p s b ɜːr ɡ /; German: Haus Habsburg [haʊs ˈhaːpsbʊrk] ⓘ), also known as the House of Austria, [note 6] was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history. [3] [4]
From that moment, the Habsburg dynasty was also known as the House of Austria. Between 1438 and 1806, with few exceptions, the Habsburg Archduke of Austria was elected as Holy Roman Emperor. The Habsburgs grew to European prominence as a result of the dynastic policy pursued by Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Habsburg family tree. This is a family tree of the Habsburg family. This family tree only includes male scions of the House of Habsburg from 1096 to 1564. [1] Otto II was the first to take the Habsburg Castle name as his own, adding "von Habsburg" to his title and creating the House of Habsburg.
Although some members of Habsburg family are still around, their ruling dynasty ended in November of 1918. In 1919, the last emperor, Karl I, went into exile in Switzerland, The World of Habsburg ...
This brought the Habsburg dynasty to the Spanish throne, along with the foreign policy of the Hapsburgs. This foreign policy centered around isolating and surrounding France, Europe's hegemonic power at the end of the Middle Ages , and defense of the Holy Roman Empire and its larger possessions, which included the Netherlands, Austria, Bohemia ...
Charles II [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) [b] was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, he died without children, leading to a European conflict over his successor.
The Habsburgs, an influential dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, were elected Kings of Hungary. [15] [16] Royal Hungary became a part of the Habsburg monarchy and enjoyed little influence in Vienna. [17] The Habsburg king directly controlled Royal Hungary's financial, military, and foreign affairs, and imperial troops guarded its borders. [17]
The House of Habsburg gathered dynastic momentum during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, and in 1273, Radbot's seventh-generation descendant, Rudolph of Habsburg, became Roman-German King. He moved the family's power base to the Duchy of Austria , which the Habsburgs ruled until 1918.