The Austrian Hapsburgs

The Holy Roman and Austrian Emperors of the House of Hapsburg from Kaiser Ferdinand I to the present-day heirs to the Hapsburg throne, Archduke Otto and his son Archduke Charles. Ferdinand I inherited the Austrian half of the Hapsburg domain from his brother the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V who was also King Carlos I of Spain. The Holy Roman Empire was abolished during the Napoleonic Wars with the last Emperor-Elect, Francis II, becoming Emperor Francis I of Austria. Later the Empire of Austria became the Dual-Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. This venerable monarchy finally came to an end in 1918 following the defeat of World War I. The last monarch was the Blessed Emperor Charles I (who was beaitified by Pope John Paul II) who tried on two occasions to regain his throne as King of Hungary but was unsuccessful. Since then the Hapsburgs have continued to work for some king of political body in the tradition of the idea of a "United States of Greater Austria" which was floated before the First World War. Gott Erhalte Unser Kaiser!