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House of Habsburg-Lorraine
- 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…
- Marie Louise, Duchess of ParmaArchduchess Marie Louise of Austria was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on the 12th of December 1791. Her father became Holy Roman Emperor a year later…
- Austrian EmpireThe Austrian Empire began with a stroke of the pen in 1804, when Holy Roman Emperor Francis II declared himself Emperor of Austria, creating an entirely new…
- Maximilian I of MexicoOn the 6th of July 1832, Maximilian was born inside the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. He entered a world of rigid hierarchy where his father, Archduke Franz…
- 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…
- Austria-HungaryOn the 20th of March 1867, the Hungarian parliament at Pest began negotiations that would reshape Central Europe. These talks culminated in a formal…
- Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-EsteFerdinand Karl Anton Joseph Johann Stanislaus entered the world on the 1st of June 1754 inside the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.
- 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…
- Archduke Charles, Duke of TeschenFlorence, Tuscany, the 5th of September 1771 marked the birth of Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Lawrence. His father held the title Grand Duke of Tuscany…
- Duchy of MilanThe year 1395 marked a turning point when Gian Galeazzo Visconti received the title of Duke of Milan from Wenceslaus of Bohemia.