Count Rudolf of Habsburg was the first Habsburg on the throne of the Holy Roman Empire. With him, the Habsburgs moved...

In 1282 Albrecht was enfeoffed by his father Rudolf I with the lands along the Danube that were to form the nucleus of...

Frederick ‘the Fair’, son of King Albrecht I, endeavoured to succeed his father as Roman-German King. However, in 1322...

The son of King Albrecht I, Leopold pursued his father’s murderers remorselessly. Afterwards he promoted the election...

The nephew of the Habsburg king Albrecht I, he received the epithet of ‘the Parricide’, meaning ‘killer of a relative...

In 1355 Duke Albrecht II issued a house regulation which in effect stipulated that the Habsburg lands were indivisible...

Duke Rudolf IV was the most influential Habsburg of the fourteenth century. Despite his short life of only twenty-six...

The early years of Duke Albrecht III’s reign were marked by the efforts of his brother Leopold III to divide the...

During the 1360s Leopold administered Tyrol and the Habsburg Swabian territories. However, he pressed for greater...

William’s life was marked by conflicts with his relatives: the eldest son of Duke Leopold III, he initially shared...

The life of Duke Leopold IV was marked by the numerous family conflicts that arose in the line of his father, Duke...

Ernest fought over his share of the Habsburg patrimony with his brothers William and Leopold IV. He became regent over...

The only son of Duke Albrecht III, he initially shared power with his cousin Wilhelm. However, he became increasingly...

Frederick ruled over the Swabian territories and Tyrol at the beginning of the fifteenth century. There he gradually...

As Duke of Austria, Albrecht supported the Roman-German Emperor and Bohemian king Sigismund in his struggle against the...

Lasting fifty-three years, Frederick’s reign was the longest of any king or emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. He was...

The son of Ernest ‘the Iron’, he ruled over the Habsburg Swabian territories from 1446, but demanded a greater share of...

Following the death of his father, Duke Frederick IV, Sigismund (also called Siegmund) became a ward of his cousin,...

Born after the death of his father King Albrecht II, Ladislaus received the epithet of ‘Postumus’. Only a few weeks...

With his policies of war and marriage, Emperor Maximilian I laid the foundations upon which the Habsburgs rose to...

Philip was the son of Emperor Maximilian I. He was married to the Spanish infanta Juana (Joan) in a double wedding in...

Donna Juana (Joan) of Castile and Aragon was married to Philip the Fair in an alliance arranged between the Spanish...

The daughter of Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy, she was brought up at the French court. At the age of...

Charles V was one of the most powerful European rulers of all times, reigning over territories in Europe and the...