The Archduchy of Austria was a major principality and later transformed into one of the most important states of the Holy Roman Empire and the nucleus of the Habsburg monarchy. Throughout the Renaissa
The Archduchy of Austria, within Habsburg lands in the 15th century
The Archduchy of Austria within Habsburg lands during the 16th century
Depiction of the archducal crown in a portrait of Frederick III
The use of archducal title in an illustrated cover for the 1512 copy of Privilegium maius, devised for the Emperor Maximilian I
The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a multinational European great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its exist
Archduchy of Austria
…as an imperial state ended with the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. It was replaced with the Lower and Upper Austria crown lands of the Austrian Empire. Located in the Danube basin, Austria bordered on the Kingdom of Hungary beyond the March and Leitha rivers in the east. In the south it was confined…
Greatest extent of the Austrian Empire (1846–1859)
The Declaration of Victory After the Battle of Leipzig, by Johann Peter Krafft. Karl von Schwarzenberg and the monarchs of Austria, Prussia, and Russia after the Battle of Leipzig, 1813
Metternich alongside Wellington, Talleyrand, an other European diplomats at the Congress of Vienna, 1815
The crown jewels of Austria, with the 'hauskrone' of Rudolph II