Habsburg Monarchy

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1526 – 1918 · up to 752 thousand km² · Europe

Capital: Vienna

The Habsburg monarchy, also known as the Habsburg Empire or Habsburg Realm, and Danube Monarchy, was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From 1804 onward it was referred to as the Austrian Empire, and from 1867 onward as Austria-Hungary.

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Successors: Austrian Empire

Rulers

Holy Roman Empire & Austria

Frederick III 1440 – 1493, Maximilian I 1493 – 1519, Charles V 1519 – 1556, Ferdinand I 1556 – 1564, Maximilian II 1564 – 1576, Rudolf II 1576 – 1612, Matthias 1612 – 1619, Ferdinand II 1619 – 1637, Ferdinand III 1637 – 1657, Leopold I 1658 – 1705, Joseph I 1705 – 1711, Charles VI 1711 – 1740, Charles VII 1742 – 1745, Francis I 1745 – 1765, Joseph II 1765 – 1790, Leopold II 1790 – 1792, Francis II 1792 – 1835

Events on its territory

• 1492 Ensisheim meteorite
• 1604 Kepler's supernova
• 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War
• 1683 Battle of Vienna