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Franz Stephan married Maria Theresa in 1736, thus founding the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. In 1740, following the sudden death of Charles VI, he became co-regent of the Habsburg patrimonial lands. The title of Holy Roman Emperor passed to a Wittelsbach who died in1745, leaving Franz Stephan to be elected emperor as Franz I. Thanks to his financial expertise he left a huge
The House of Habsburg gathered dynastic momentum during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, and in 1273, Radbot's seventh-generation descendant Rudolph of Habsburg became Roman-German King. He moved the family's power base to the Duchy of Austria, which the Habsburgs ruled until 1918. The current house orders are the Order of the Golden Fleece ...
Leopold II (1747-1792) as Grand Duke of Tuscany. Leopold II (1747-1792) Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria from 1790. Married Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain (1745–1792) daughter of Charles III King of Spain. 6th Grand Mistress of the Order of the Starry Cross 1780-1792.
House of Habsburg-Lorraine, main line: Heads of the House of Habsburg (post-monarchy) Charles I was expelled from his domains after World War I and the empire was abolished. The Habsburg Law of 1918 stated that Charles' descendants could only return to Austria if they renounced their royal claims and accepted the status of private citizens.
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine was the ruling dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire from 1745 to 1806 and of the Austrian Empire from 1806 to 1918. The house was formed after the union of Francis of Lorraine (from the House of Lorraine) and Maria Theresa of Austria (from the House of Habsburg). The family ruled the core Habsburg dominions of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia, while junior branches ...
House of Habsburg - Dynastic Rule, 18th Century, Europe: To allay British and Dutch misgivings, Leopold I and his elder son, the future emperor Joseph I, in 1703 renounced their own claims to Spain in favour of Joseph’s brother Charles, so that he might found a second line of Spanish Habsburgs distinct from the imperial; but when Joseph I died, leaving only daughters, in 1711, and was ...
The world power of the Habsburgs. Even before Frederick III’s time the house of Habsburg had won much of its standing in Germany and in central Europe through marriages to heiresses. Frederick’s son Maximilian carried that matrimonial policy to heights of unequaled brilliance. First he himself in 1477 married the heiress of Burgundy ...
