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Grand masters of the Order of the Golden Fleece
- Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorThe year 1500 marked the arrival of Charles in the Prinsenhof of Ghent, a Flemish city within the Habsburg Netherlands. A poet at the court reported that…
- Francis II, Holy Roman EmperorIn 1784, a young Archduke named Francis left the sun-drenched streets of Florence for the cold stone halls of Vienna. He was only sixteen years old when his…
- Philip V of SpainPhilip was born on the 19th of December 1683 at the Palace of Versailles in France. He entered the world as the second son of Louis, Grand Dauphin, and his…
- Ferdinand VIIFerdinand was born on the 14th of October 1784 in the palace of El Escorial near Madrid. He became the eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain and Maria…
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman EmperorOn the 22nd of March 1459, a child named Maximilian was born at Wiener Neustadt. His father Frederick III held the title Holy Roman Emperor, yet their family…
- Joseph II, Holy Roman EmperorJoseph II entered the world at two in the morning on Monday, the 13th of March 1741. He was born inside Vienna's Hofburg palace, which served as the…
- Philip II of SpainOn the 21st of May 1527, a baby boy was born inside the Palacio de Pimentel in Valladolid. This child would become Philip II of Spain.
- Leopold II, Holy Roman EmperorOn the 5th of May 1747, a boy named Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard entered the world in Vienna as the third son of Empress Maria Theresa and…
- Charles IV of SpainCharles IV of Spain was born on the 11th of November 1748 in Naples. He entered the world as the second son of Charles III and Maria Amalia of Saxony.
- Alfonso XIIIThe Royal Palace of Madrid held a newborn on the 17th of May 1886. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, the prime minister, received the infant king naked and placed upon…
- Otto von HabsburgOtto von Habsburg was born at Villa Wartholz in Reichenau an der Rax, Austria-Hungary on the 20th of November 1912. His full baptismal name included Franz…