- a variation of Hapsburg.
Habsburg
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And the double-headed eagle of the Habsburg Empire sits atop a 19th-century silver and glass pin from Peru.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The first specific European ban on wheellocks came in 1518,” Ms. Fletcher writes, “when the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian prohibited them in Habsburg territory.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Her latest black comedy takes the viewer on a tour of Vienna's Baroque architecture and cobbled streets, as well into the provinces of the Habsburg Empire.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Not until 1867 would France achieve a colonial dream in North America, with the brief, catastrophic “reign” of France’s puppet emperor, the Habsburg prince Maximilian, in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
Meanwhile, at a diet held at Debreczin, Kossuth had formally proposed the dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty and Hungary had been proclaimed a republic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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