habsburgs in A Sentence

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    The dynasty of the Habsburgs experienced the highest peak of its power.

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    Dynasty of the Habsburgs: from Austrian princes to the most powerful emperors of Europe.

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    To stop French advances, England formed coalitions with several other European powers, most notably the Habsburgs.

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    Austrian Galicia, under the relatively lenient rule of the Habsburgs, became the centre of the nationalist movement.

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    After the Habsburgs killed his family and burned his house to the ground, he waged a lifelong guerrilla war against them.

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    By financing the Protestant armies of the German estates, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden, all of which were fighting against the Habsburgs.

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    One of history's great empires that have flown under the radar, the Habsburgs shaped Europe and had a lasting cultural influence over the continent.

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    The Austrian Empire was a Central European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs.

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    Mustafa II(1695-1703) led the Ottoman counterattack of 1695-96 against the Habsburgs in Hungary, but was undone at the disastrous defeat at Zenta 11 September 1697.

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    Unfortunately for the Habsburgs, they suffered from the first blitzkrieg carried out by the Germans- then called the Prussians- during the Seven Weeks War of 1866.

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    Ferdinand I went to Austria and Germany, Philip II- Spain and Italy. Later the Habsburgs, whose dynasty divided into two branches, were no longer a single whole.

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    This change in the balance of power led to the Diplomatic Revolution of 1756, when France and the Habsburgs forged an alliance after centuries of animosity.

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    The area called Meidlinger Vertiefung to the west of the castle was turned into a play area and drill ground for the children of the Habsburgs in the 19th century.

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    After the Bourbons came to power in Spain following the war of succession, the Habsburgs were reduced to their lands in Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary, effectively making them simply the Austrian Empire.

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    Due to consistent warfare during the 19th century, the Habsburgs stunted their economy and essentially held themselves back a couple of grades while their European neighbors began growing at unprecedented rates.

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    But although King of the Czech Republic Vladislav II was eventually elected king of Hungary, Maximilian dared insist that if he dies without leaving any heirs, then Hungary will fall under the rule of the Habsburgs.

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    Since this period the dynasty of the Habsburgs is gaining allgreater power, reaching brilliant heights. Their successes were laid by the successful policy of Emperor Maximilian I, who ruled in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

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    The French later inflicted a defeat on the Habsburgs in the Franco-Austrian War of 1859, a victory which led to the unification of Italy in 1861, after having triumphed over Russia with other allies in the Crimean War.

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    The Habsburgs were so weak during World War I that their emperor Karl I attempted to make a deal with France where he would give the country practically anything they wanted in order to not have his Austro-Hungarian Empire split up after the war.

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    The Habsburgs came to dominate Europe as a powerful empire in the 16th century, largely due to the efforts of Maximillian, who was a highly skilled matchmaker, and who was able to peacefully raise his family to the throne of Spain, Hungary, and the Holy Roman Empire.

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    For example, the Fugger d'Augusta obtained from the Habsburgs the exploitation of the silver mines where they used the labor force of the peasants, with their gold they financed the election of Charles V to emperor, they obtained from Pope Leo X the contract for the sale of indulgences;

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    The museum's primary collections are those of the Habsburgs, particularly from the portrait and armour collections of Ferdinand of Tirol, the collections of Emperor Rudolph II(the largest part of which is, however, scattered), and the collection of paintings of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, of which his Italian paintings were first documented in the Theatrum Pictorium.

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