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". From LearnThat.org. [http://www.hapsburg.com/about.htm]
The large lip of the House of Austria is seen in all the generations, and is called the Hapsburg lip. From Wordnik.com. [The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony] Reference
Roman Emperor became hereditary in the Hapsburg family. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
They remained in Hapsburg hands for over two centuries. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Wissenbourgs and the semi-royal Hapsburg-Kibourgs of eastern. From Wordnik.com. [The Counts of Gruyère] Reference
Here is the tomb of the empress, wife of Rudolph of Hapsburg. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
The greatest of the Hapsburg line during the mediæval period was. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
A.D., first brought the country into the hands of the Hapsburg family. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Ferdinand I., a prince of the Austrian House of Hapsburg, was declared. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 35, July 8, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
Not long was the alliance between the houses of Hapsburg and Savoy to endure. From Wordnik.com. [The Counts of Gruyère] Reference
Braganza, or espousing a Hapsburg -- dictating peace on a raft to the Czar of. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Tuscany, Modena, Parma, and Piacenza were given to princes of the House of Hapsburg. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
There were now two branches of the Hapsburg family -- one in Austria and one in Spain. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Then he plonks himself on a convenient Hapsburg bench and demonstratively folds his arms. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
By then the Austro-Hungarian Army had collapsed and the Hapsburg monarchy had disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Panzer Aces]
The day is beautiful, the city brave and careworn, its Hapsburg glory crumbling in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
O young head of the great House of Hapsburg, what a Hazeldean you might have made of Hungary!. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
But the sovereign pontiff decided in favour of Rodolph of Hapsburg, a scion of the house of Austria. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
It appears that the Hapsburg descent, formerly claimed by the Denbigh family, must now be abandoned. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Fielding: a Memoir] Reference
Hapsburg are notorious instances of this; and, as far as we are aware, there are no counter instances. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
Hapsburg, on the father's side -- and, on the mother's, from the illustrious family of Otto the Great. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
Fuchs was doing a Hapsburg ballroom number with Anna Weiss, as if he was waltzing to "The Blue Danube". From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
With the abdication of Charles V. the Imperial crown passed out of the Spanish line of the House of Hapsburg. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
The Führer was no Hapsburg buffoon who moved corps and armies about according to the dictates of his digestion. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarossa]
In the past it was the Ottoman or Hapsburg empire -- the Croats would rather be ruled by Vien - na than Sarajevo. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting A Losing Battle] Reference
Exacerbating these conflicts were tensions among the subject peoples of the Romanov, Hapsburg and Ottoman empires. From Wordnik.com. [Century of Light] Reference
Hapsburg, vied with each other in forwarding the equipment of the host which was to save the bulwark of Christendom. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
And now Rudolph, Count of Hapsburg, founder of the Austrian monarchy, strides into the history of the men of Schwyz. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference
Hapsburg sovereignty, and divided in ever changing alliances the fermenting elements of the tottering feudal society. From Wordnik.com. [The Counts of Gruyère] Reference
Michael shook hands with General Kleber, a Prussian, then the Hapsburg ambassador and his wife, both of whom he knew. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
I. had left the Hapsburg monarchy to its own resources in 1849, and had not unwisely crushed the independence of Hungary. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915] Reference
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