AttributeList

After the victory over Napoleon the leading European powers negotiated a new political order at the Congress of...

18. Sep 1814–09. Jun 1815

The younger Napoleon was the first legitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Archduchess Marie Louise. Although...

Person Napoleon Franz Bonaparte

Duke of Reichstadt

Made in Prague for Emperor Rudolf II in 1602, this crown, referred to as the ‘House Crown’, originally served as a...

1804–1918

Franz II (I) liked to stylize himself as the ‘Father of his State’, in keeping with the Biedermeier patriarchal...

1804–1835

On 11 August 1804 Emperor Franz issued a Patent or edict announcing his assumption of the title and office of...

1804–1806

Born in Hamburg, the architect and architectural historian Gottfried Semper was professor of architecture at the...

Person Gottfried Semper

* 29. Nov 1803, † 15. May 1879

Crown Prince Pedro of Bragança was a lively child who was adept at evading the attempts of his tutors to educate him...

Emperor Pedro I of Brazil

Emperor

1822–1831

Domitila (or Tilia, as she was also called) was introduced to Pedro in September 1822 for a flirtation whilst...

Person Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo

* 27. Dec 1797, † 03. Nov 1867

The k. u. k. Hofmobilien- und Materialdepot was part of the economic machinery of the Habsburg Court and...

Location Vienna – Hofmobiliendepot

1793–1914

These wars are sometimes known as the Coalition Wars because of the changing sets of allies: Russia, Holland, Spain...

1792–1815

Owned by Crown Prince Rudolf, this pair of lederhosen is intended to stand as a symbol for the attempts made by...

1792–1914

The attitude of the Habsburgs to the Revolution was initially ambivalent: Leopold II evinced sympathy with the...

14. Jul 1789–1799

Pages