Austria-Hungary

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1867 – 1918 · up to 932 thousand km² · Europe, Eastern Europe & Russia

Capital: Vienna, Budapest

Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire and officially as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, was a multi-national empire in Central Europe under a constitutional dual monarchy that existed between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic real union, it consisted of two largely self governing states with a single monarch who was titled both the Emperor of Austria and the Apostolic King of Hungary.

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Predecessors: Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Hungary

Successors: Republic of German-Austria, Kingdom of Hungary, First Czechoslovak Republic, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs

Rulers

Holy Roman Empire & Austria

Franz Joseph I 1848 – 1916, Charles I of Austria 1916 – 1918

Events on its territory

• 1914–1918 World War I
• 1918 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes