Habsburg emperors

E86341

Habsburg emperors were the rulers of the multiethnic Habsburg dynastic realms in Central Europe, including the Holy Roman Empire and later the Austrian Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire, who dominated European politics for centuries.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf European rulers
dynastic title
hereditary monarchs
capital Madrid
Prague
Vienna
country Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
Austrian Empire
Holy Roman Empire
declineCause defeat in World War I
nationalist movements in their territories
dynasty House of Habsburg
endOfRule abdication of Charles I of Austria in 1918
endPeriod 1918
knownFor conflicts with the Ottoman Empire
dynastic marriages as a tool of expansion
involvement in the Thirty Years' War
rivalry with France
role in the Counter-Reformation
rule over Spanish Empire during Spanish Habsburg line
languageOfCourt German
legacy influence on Central European borders and cultures
memberOf Catholic monarchies of Europe
notableFor long-term dominance of European politics
rule over multiethnic realms
notableMember Charles I of Austria NERFINISHED
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I of Austria NERFINISHED
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Franz Joseph I of Austria NERFINISHED
Maria Theresa NERFINISHED
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
politicalRole electors and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire
heads of state of Austria-Hungary
heads of the Austrian Empire
region Central Europe
religion Roman Catholicism
startPeriod 13th century
succession primogeniture with dynastic arrangements
usedTitle Apostolic King of Hungary
Archduke of Austria
Emperor of Austria
Holy Roman Emperor
King of Bohemia NERFINISHED
King of Croatia
King of Galicia and Lodomeria
King of Lombardy–Venetia

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Habsburg coat of arms ("Holy Roman Emperors from the House of Habsburg")
Habsburg coat of arms ("Austro-Hungarian emperors")
Imperial Army
usedBy
States General of the Habsburg Netherlands ("Habsburg sovereign")
convenedBy
States General of the Habsburg Netherlands ("Habsburg sovereign")
subordinateTo
Hofburg Palace ("Holy Roman Emperors (Habsburgs)")
wasSeatOf

Please wait…