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Zita
Zita , 1892-1989, last empress of Austria and queen of Hungary. The daughter of Duke Robert of Parma, she was married (1911) to Archduke Charles Francis, who in 1916 became emperor as Charles I . She exercised great influence over her husband and was blamed for Charles's letters to her brother, Si... Read more
Breitenfeld
Breitenfeld , village, Saxony, S central E Germany. It gave its name to two battles of the Thirty Years War . Gustavus Adolphus ( Gustavus II ) of Sweden there defeated the imperial forces under Count Johannes Tilly and Marshal Gottfried Pappenheim in 1631, and the Swedes under General Lennart ... Read more
Leopold Berchtold, Graf von
Leopold Berchtold, Graf von , 1863-1942, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (1912-15). During the Balkan Wars he successfully worked for the creation of an independent Albania to block Serbian access to the Adriatic Sea. After the assassination (June 28, 1914) of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Saraj... Read more
John Craig
John Craig 1512?-1600, Scottish minister of the Reformation. He joined the Dominican order, but through reading the Institutes of Calvin, he adopted Protestantism. Imprisoned at Rome for heresy, he escaped (1559) and went to Vienna, where he preached before Archduke Maximilian. Returning to Scotl... Read more
Ottokar Czernin, Graf
Ottokar Czernin, Graf , 1872-1932, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister. He was an adviser to Archduke Francis Ferdinand. As foreign minister (1916-18) he sought a negotiated peace, but was unwilling to abandon Austrian war aims in Italy and the Balkans. He was one of the negotiators of the Treaty of ... Read more
Otto von Hapsburg
Otto von Hapsburg 1912-, Austrian archduke and former pretender to the Austro-Hungarian throne, son of Emperor Charles I and Empress Zita. After World War II began, he went to the United States and made an unsuccessful attempt to form an Austrian legion to fight Germany. Returning to Europe in 1946... Read more
Wagram
Wagram or Deutsch-Wagram , town, Lower Austria prov., NE Austria, in the Marchfeld, near Vienna. On July 5-6, 1809, Napoleon I gained one of his most brilliant victories there. Despite their heroic conduct and the able leadership of Archduke Charles, the Austrians were forced to fall back by Fre... Read more
Carlotta
Carlotta Span. Carlota , 1840-1927, empress of Mexico, daughter of Leopold I of Belgium, christened Marie Charlotte Amélie. She married (1857) Maximilian , archduke of Austria and accompanied him when he went to Mexico as emperor (1864). After Napoleon III decided to withdraw the French tr... Read more
Charles I
Charles I 1887-1922, last emperor of Austria and, as Charles IV, king of Hungary (1916-18); son of Archduke Otto and grandnephew and successor of Emperor Francis Joseph. He married Zita of Bourbon-Parma. The death (1914) of his uncle, Francis Ferdinand , made Charles heir to the throne. He showe... Read more
Treaty of Arras
Treaty of Arras 1 Treaty of 1435, between King Charles VII of France and Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. Through it, France and Burgundy became reconciled. Philip deserted his English allies and recognized Charles as king of France. In return, Philip received the Somme towns and was exempte... Read more

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Matthias (Holy Roman Empire) (1557–1619; Ruled 1612–1619)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Matthias was the seventh child of the archduke Maximilian and his wife, the Spanish...beyond the means or abilities of the young archduke. In 1581 Matthias returned, disappointed...half. In 1595, the older and now wiser Archduke Matthias was assigned responsibilities...
War of the Spanish Succession
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...behalf of his son by a second marriage, Archduke Charles (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles...Holland, and France were all opposed to Archduke Charles, because his accession would...and Sicily, and Milan was to fall to Archduke Charles. Spain opposed the partition...
Jakob Fugger
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...loan made to the rich but profligate Archduke Sigismund of Tirol. It was Fugger...Fugger's. Fugger's firm lent the Archduke 23,000 florins. The collateral for...brothers made an even larger loan to the Archduke the next year, and continued to receive...
Ferdinand I (Holy Roman Empire) (1503–1564)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Holy Roman emperor, 1558. The young Archduke Ferdinand was born on 10 March 1503 in...partial result of these negotiations, Archduke Ferdinand married Anne of Jagie ł...to build up his power and prestige, Archduke Ferdinand contributed substantially to...
Vienna
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...efforts of Emperor Frederick's son, Archduke and later Emperor Maximilian I (ruled...Emperor Charles V, the Spanish-born Archduke Ferdinand (who ruled 1558 –...regime was harshly suppressed by the archduke and his officials, and the city administration...
Spanish Succession, War of the (1701–1714)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...would go to Leopold's second son, Archduke Charles. The sudden death of Joseph...empire to pass to Leopold I's son, Archduke Charles. Despite the apparent generosity...Charles II's final will did not name Archduke Charles as his universal heir of choice...
Bastian, Harry (nineteenth century)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...in Vienna on February 11, 1884, led Archduke John to publish a pamphlet under the...expressly for the purpose of sitting for Archduke John and Crown Prince Rudolph. According...a cord arrangement, suddenly shut by Archduke John. The "spirit" was caught and...
Maximilian of Hapsburg
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Hapsburg (1832-1867) was an Austrian archduke and emperor of Mexico. His short rule...July 6, 1832. He was the second son of Archduke Francis Charles, the brother of the...Slavic, and Spanish fluently. The young archduke capably served his uncle, the Emperor...
Isabel Clara Eugenia and Albert of Habsburg (Isabel Clara Eugenia, 1566–1633; Albert of Habsburg, 1559–1621)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...1640) for her hand before settling on Archduke Ernst of Habsburg (1553 –...marry Ernst's brother, Cardinal-Archduke Albert, who had succeeded Ernst in the...who did not die until 1594. Cardinal-Archduke Albert meantime filled political offices...
Hellenbach, Baron Lazar De Baczolay(1827-1887)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Vienna for the third time. The sitters were Crown Prince Rudolph and Archduke John. The archduke seized the "materialized spirit," and it was found to be the medium. The archduke himself published a pamphlet about this exposure, A Glimpse into...

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Archduke Trio
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Archduke Trio. Beethoven's pf. trio in B♭, Op.97 (1811). So nicknamed from ded. to Archduke Rudolph of Austria, who was pf. and comp. pupil of Beethoven.
Leopold William, Archduke
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Leopold William, Archduke. See Habsburg .
archduke
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English arch·duke / ˈär ch ˈd(y)oōk / • n. hist. a son of the emperor of Austria. DERIVATIVES: arch·du·cal / ˌär ch ˈd(y)oōkəl / adj.
Teniers, David the Younger
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...appointed court painter in Brussels to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (see Habsburg...and he was also made custodian of the archduke's art collection. He compiled a catalogue...painted several larger pictures showing the archduke with his paintings in a fictionalized...
Spanish Succession, War of the
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the German princes to put the rival Austrian candidate, the Archduke Charles, on the throne; Savoy and Portugal later joined the...Castile, who supported Philip V while Catalonia declared for the Archduke Charles. MARLBOROUGH and Eugène of Savoy won a series...
Conrad von Hötzendorf, Baron Franz
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Vienna), the professional soldier became a close friend of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Appointed in 1906, he did much to reorganize...imperial army and was responsible for its mobilization after the Archduke's death in Sarajevo . In 1915 he took the field and defeated...
Clerck, Hendrik de
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...1587), then settled in Brussels, where he was appointed court painter to the Archduke Ernest in 1594 and later continued in the service of his successor, the Archduke Albert. He is said to have been a pupil of the Mannerist painter Maerten de...
Coberger Wenceslas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...successful career as a painter in Italy, he was invited to Brussels by Archduke Albrecht and Isabella, and became ‘architecte et ingeniaire’ to the Archduke in 1605, and carried out numerous commissions. His masterpiece...
Suicide
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...thinking that Juliet ’ s sleep is death, he drinks poison. [Br. Lit.: Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet ] Rudolf, Archduke crown prince of Austria (1858 – 1889) died in suicide pact with his mistress at Mayerling. [Aust. Hist.: Collier...
Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Friends of Music , Vienna ) . Founded 1813, through efforts of Joseph von Sonnleithner, with Beethoven's friend and pupil, Archduke Rudolph, as patron, to perf. oratorios in the Riding School, but later had own home. Also founded cons., library, and...

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Doubts over Archduke's Ebor challenge.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 7/27/2001; 414 words ; ...punters that Northumberland Plate winner Archduke Ferdinand is unlikely to take his chance...doubtful runner. Cole said last night: "Archduke Ferdinand has been entered in the Ebor...them not to back him for the Ebor." Archduke Ferdinand, who is 12-1 second favourite...
Archduke Otto Von Habsburg and American Hungarian emigres during and after World War II.
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...gifted, affable, and sympathetic as Archduke Otto von Habsburg (b.1912), the...Under more fortunate circumstances Archduke Otto could have turned into the most...at the beginning of World War II, Archduke Otto ended up in the New World as an...
Archduke strikes blow for Cole in Pitmen's Derby.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 7/1/2001; 700+ words ; Byline: Graham Cunningham ARCHDUKE FERDINAND, the sole three-year...that Franny Norton had poached on Archduke Ferdinand with a daring run up the...that this race had been a target for Archduke Ferdinand even before he stayed on...
RACING: Holland gets called up for Archduke.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 6/25/2002; 700+ words ; ...for the ride on last year's winner Archduke Ferdinand in the Foster's Lager Northumberland Plate at Newcastle on Saturday. Archduke Ferdinand showed he was back to his best...Holland. "I'm thrilled to be riding Archduke Ferdinand, who ran a really good race...
Racing: Archduke set to go distance.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Sports Argus (Birmingham, England); 10/13/2001; 700+ words ; ...second part of the big Autumn Double - and Archduke Ferdinand can rule the roost in the two...blessed with his Northumberland Plate hero Archduke Ferdinand. The last to get in the race...Kevin Darley accepted the situation and Archduke Ferdinand was allowed to come home in...
Archduke Stephan Franz Victor of Harbsburg-Lorraine (1817-1867).(Who's Who In Mineral Names)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...His Imperial Highness, our most serene Archduke Stephan"), wrote the famous Austrian...Joseph Anion, father of Stephan Victor. Archduke Stephan Victor and his twin sister...on 11 November.) Up to that time Archduke Stephan seemed to be carried by sympathy...
Austrian archduke to visit Audubon Museum
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/18/2003; 312 words ; ...tour of the Audubon Museum this week. Archduke Markus von Habsburg, a descendant of...Boarman, museum curator, will guide the archduke through the galleries of the 65-year...here. The local visit will precede the archduke's Saturday appearance in Ferdinand...
Solihull News: Archduke is guest of honour; DORRIDGE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 2/15/2007; 313 words ; ...royal seal of approval - by a Hapsburg archduke. Monkspath Rotary Club welcomed HRH Marcos Hapsburg, Archduke of Austria, to its regular Tuesday night...Roger Howles, HRH Marcos Hapsburg, Archduke of Austria, and Rotarian Tom Smith.
Solihull News: Archduke is guest of honour DORRIDGE
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail; 2/15/2007; 275 words ; ...royal seal of approval - by a Hapsburg archduke. Monkspath Rotary Club welcomed HRH Marcos Hapsburg, Archduke of Austria, to its regular Tuesday night...Roger Howles, HRH Marcos Hapsburg, Archduke of Austria, and Rotarian Tom Smith.
IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1906: Archduke Otto's Memorial
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 11/8/2006; 289 words ; ...with black goods. Photos of the late Archduke Otto draped with black crepe are to be...of the doctors in attendance with the Archduke said that as long as he could remember...in Augarten and was placed in the late Archduke's study. Last night [Nov. 6] at...