One of the most conservative Habsburg personalities in the nineteenth century, Archduke Albrecht came to symbolize the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

He succeeded his father Philip IV at the age of four. The genetic outcome of the constant consanguineous marriages...

At the partition of the Habsburg domains under the sons of Emperor Ferdinand I the youngest son Charles was assigned...

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

Charles was installed as heir to the Spanish Habsburgs in 1703 but lost the crown in the war of succession. As...

A member of the ducal family of Mantua, Eleonore Gonzaga became the third wife of Emperor Ferdinand III in 1651. She...

Eleonora Gonzaga, also called Eleonora of Mantua, was from the ducal family of Mantua. On her marriage to Emperor...

Elisabeth, ‘Sisi’ to her family, was the daughter of Duke Max in Bavaria and Duchess Ludovika. She was betrothed to her...

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

A weak leader, during his reign Ferdinand stood in the shadow of his state chancellor, Prince Metternich, and the so-...

On the basis of agreements concluded with his powerful brother Emperor Charles V, Ferdinand I was assigned the...

Ferdinand was a belligerent and ruthless monarch: as ruler over Inner Austria he relentlessly implemented the re-...

Appointed regent of Bohemia by his father, Ferdinand I, after the latter’s death in 1564 he ruled over Tyrol and the...

Ferdinand was introduced to political duties at an early age. During the Thirty Years’ War, after the murder of the...

Ferdinand succeeded his father Leopold as regent in Tuscany in 1791, after the latter became emperor. His life was...

Archduke Ferdinand was groomed from an early age by his father Emperor Ferdinand III as his successor on the throne...

The regency of Ferdinand Karl as sovereign prince of Tyrol is generally seen in a very critical light: he is described...

The younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph, Maximilian was viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia until 1859. He...