- a variation of Hapsburg.
Habsburg
Britishnoun
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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
Habsburg universalism rested on the Catholic Church, the symbolic order of the Holy Roman Empire and the use of Latin as the “neutral language of administration.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Austria faced near extinction in 1740 when Maria Theresa’s accession to the Habsburg throne prompted Frederick II of Prussia to invade and spark a war of partition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
With such a grand name, it could be easy to assume that the man is a descendant of the Habsburg dynasty that ruled Austria from 1282 until 1918.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
German king, and as Frederick V., archduke of Austria,—son of Ernest of Habsburg, duke of Styria and Carinthia, was born at Innsbruck on the 21st of September 1415.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
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