Hapsburgs

Maximilian I

On the evening of August 16, 1477, by marrying Mary, Duchess of Burgundy, Archduke Maximilian I acquired control of the Low Countries, effectively establishing the Habsburg Dynasty by extending their territories outside Austria.

Family Crest

The Coats of arms of a Habsburg Emperor shows the variety of his territories. The coats of arms of counts of Habsburg after Rudolph the first were used by Leo VI king of Armenia.

Otto von Habsburg

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Otto von Habsburg has been the head of the House of Habsburg since 1922. He is the former Crown Prince (1916–1918) of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomeria and Illyria, and since 1922 the Habsburg pretender to these thrones as well as the titular King of Jerusalem. In a declaration dated May 31, 1961, [...]

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Hapsburg Jaw

The Hapsburg jaw is a medical term indicating Prognathism and pouting of the lower lip. It is characteristic of the Hispano-Austrian imperial dynasty.

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