Habsburg monarchy ( Habsburg empire , Danube monarchy or Austrian monarchy ) is an unofficial name for a conglomerate of states under the rule of the Austrian branch of the Habsburg dynasty. It is usually used in relation to the period from 1526 , when the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand I occupied the thrones of the Czech Republic and Hungary , until 1804 , when the Austrian Empire was formed. The term "Habsburg monarchy" can also be used in a broader sense in relation to the period from 1276 (the beginning of the reign of the Habsburgs in Austria) until 1918 (the collapse of Austria-Hungary ). Until 1804, territories under the rule of the Habsburgs did not have a single official name.
The name Habsburg Empire is also widely used to refer to the totality of state entities under the rule of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Habsburg , including Spain , the Spanish Netherlands , Franche-Comté , Lombardy , the Kingdom of Naples , Sicily , Sardinia and the American possessions of Spain.
Monarchs from the Habsburg dynasty were also emperors of the Holy Roman Empire in 1439 - 1806 . (except for the period 1740 - 1745 ).
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Composition
The Habsburg monarchy (1526-1804) included the following territories:
- Inherited Austrian lands :
- Archduke Austria ( Lower and Upper );
- Duchy of Styria ;
- Duchy of Carinthia ;
- Duchy of Krajn ;
- Margrave of Istria ;
- county of Tyrol ;
- County Goritsa and Gradiska ;
- Vorarlberg ;
- Front Austria ;
- Trieste ;
- Czech crown lands :
- Kingdom of Bohemia ;
- Duchy of Silesia ;
- Margrave of Moravia ;
- Margrava Upper Puddle (until 1635 );
- Margraine Lower Puddle (until 1635 );
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Grand Duchy of Transylvania ;
- Military border ;
- Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia .
In addition, in some historical periods the Habsburg monarchy also included the following possessions:
- Austrian Netherlands ( 1713 - 1792 );
- Duchy of Milan ( 1713 - 1797 );
- Kingdom of Naples ( 1713 - 1735 );
- Kingdom of Sardinia ( 1713 - 1720 );
- Temeshvar Banat ( 1718 - 1778 );
- Vojvodina and Northern Bosnia ( 1718 - 1739 );
- Oltenia ( 1718 - 1738 );
- Sicilian Kingdom ( 1720 - 1735 );
- Duchy of Parma ( 1735 - 1748 );
- Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (since 1772 );
- Bukovina (since 1774 );
- Lesser Poland (since 1795 );
- Venetian region (c ( 1797 );
- Dalmatia (since 1797 ).
Colonies
Literature
- Steed, Henry Wickham. A short history of Austria-Hungary and Poland . - 1914.
- Austria or the Austrian monarchy // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.