Four score and a dozen years ago today, the bête noire of this weblog signed the declaration of war against Austria-Hungary, after having spoken three days earlier. The motion to declare war passed unopposed in the United States Senate. It was opposed by one United States Representative. Indeed a day that will live in infamy!

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... name and Swiss-Austrian surname (as Swiss-Austrian as the dynastic name of the House of Habsburg itself) that augured, everyone agreed, greatness, and symbolised the Ausgleich itself. ... and encourage the Eidgenossen in conquering the eponymous Aargau heimat of the House of Habsburg. Perhaps the Austin friars had taught him something, after all. For the many-named lad from Grindelwald was next ...

... . The 29-year old Archduke is a member of a branch of the Habsburg family that has seen more than its fair share of scandals. His elder brother, ... "renounced his imperial title" and his position within the Habsburg dynasty to marry an actress, Wilhelmine Adamovic, ... career," as are all male members of the house of Habsburg. He had "the usual succession of governesses and tutors at ...

... the Austrian army. Prague fell to Bavarian-French-Saxon attack in 1741, to the Austrians in 1742, and to the Prussians in 1744. Part of the War of the Austrian Succession Date: June-December 1742 Location: Prague, Bohemia Belligerents: Habsburg Monarchy/Austria v. France Commanders Austria:Count Lobkowitz, France: duc de Belle-Isle, Duc de Broglie Strength Austria: 70,000 France: 25,000 The 1742

(Starting to lose steam here.... Onward!) Habsburg no Houken, Book 2 Part VII - Daybreak on the Elbe Chapter 7 - Return to Frankfurt News of ... she will see them settled, but there will be no more talk of past affairs with Jews while under the protection of the Habsburg family. Is that understood? "Even if he's not a Jew?" Therese is shocked and demands an explanation. It comes ...

... he is reunited with his old flame, Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley). Sadly, Jane has moved on, and has hooked up with the slimy Quentin Habsburg, an executive with Hexagon Oil. Habsburg wants to sabotage President Bush's new energy initiative by kidnapping Dr. Meinheimer (Richard Griffiths) and replacing him with an exact duplicate. ...

... Charles IV, Prague became the imperial capital. The region of Bohemia becomes part of the Habsburg territories since 1526 and the late sixteenth century the city became the capital of ... , political and social of the continent from the hand of the Emperor Rudolf II of Habsburg. Well into the twentieth century and after World War I, becomes in the so-called Country Czechoslovakia, thus becoming ...

... ) 19- Lady Davina Lewis (1977) 20 – Princess Theodora of Liechtenstein (2004) 20 – Prince Umberto of Bulgaria (1999) 20 – Princess Sofia of Bulgaria (1999) 20 – Crown Prince Otto von Habsburg (1912) 20 – Alexandra Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1970) 21 – Maria Teresa Sartorius y de Liechtenstein (1992) via Royal Forums Post from: Merry Royals

... . In every legend, myth or story that refers to the counts of Neuchatel, they are called ‘the good counts of Neuchatel’. The last count died childless in 1288, and Emperor Rudolf I of Habsburg handed the county to the Count of Chalon. Image source What started out with a deed of gift to a queen continued as a story of inheritances. The county of Neuchatel passed from Chalon to the ...

... , 1866) (Source): In the year 1307, Gessler, Vogt (local governor) of the Emperor Albert I of Hapsburg (c. 1255 - 1308), German king, and duke of Austria, eldest son of King Rudolph I of Habsburg, set a hat on a pole as symbol of imperial power, and ordered everyone who passed by to salute it. On this day, tradition has it, a mountaineer of the name of Wilhelm Tell boldly passed by the symbol of ...

... to combat crime and, whilst the penalties were fairly extreme (whipping for a first offence, branding for a second offence, the loss of an ear for a third), one presumes that they were effective. A supporter of Habsburg claims to the throne following the death of Charles II of Spain, he found himself on the wrong side when the Bourbons came to power in Madrid. However, he returned to Spain after ...

... an apple off his son’s head. Tell, originally from Bürglen, was a resident of the Canton of Uri (in what is now Switzerland), well known as an expert marksman with the crossbow. At the time, the Habsburg emperors of Austria were seeking to dominate Uri. Hermann Gessler, the newly appointed Austrian Vogt of Altdorf, raised a pole in the village’s central square, hung his hat on top of ...

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... Boniface's post of last May in which he discusses a Monarchial Dilemma. I have only a couple of comments to make in that regard. 1. The first commenter (anonymous) stated that Otto von Habsburg is the last living descendant of Blessed Kaiser Karl I. This is simply not true. Otto is perhaps the last living child of the blessed Kaiser, but he is far from being the last living descendant. In ...