A royal German family that supplied rulers to a number of European states from the late Middle Ages until the 1900s. The Habsburgs reached the height of their power under Charles V of Spain. When Charles abdicated (1558), the empire split into the Spanish and Austrian lines. The Spanish ...
The Discreet Charm of Otherness: The Fantastic in the Works of E.T.A. Hoffman and Amongst the Ruins of the Habsburg EmpireManuel Antonio Paradela Maceiras
the Habsburgs’ use of the unique title of “archduke of Austria” (first arrogated for them by Rudolf IV in 1358–59), may have had some prescientaspirationtoward worldwide empire for the house of Austria: the mottoA.E.I.O.U., which he occasionally used, is generally interpreted as ...
Europe in 1815Map showing Europe after the Congress of Vienna (1815).(more) In 1804 Francis II declared himself emperor of Austria and in 1806 resigned his former imperial crown, thus bringing to an end the Holy Roman Empire, which had long been essentially a German monarchy. Napoleon’s ar...