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n. - A royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806.

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  • Scholars have deemed the Hapsburgs as one of the most prominent (if not the most) families to rule Europe, even suggesting that "European history revolved around the Hapsburgs".
  • The large lip of the House of Austria is seen in all the generations, and is called the Hapsburg lip.
  • Roman Emperor became hereditary in the Hapsburg family.
  • They remained in Hapsburg hands for over two centuries.
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