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The End of the Habsburgs - The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy (Hardcover)
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The End of the Habsburgs - The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy (Hardcover)
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In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist when Francis II
became Emperor of Austria. 112 years later, the Habsburg empire
collapsed after the First World War after surviving many
tribulations. During the year of revolutions in 1848 the much-loved
but incompetent Emperor Ferdinand had abdicated in favour of his
young nephew Francis Joseph. His long reign was marked by defeat in
several wars, family tragedies and scandals including the execution
of his brother Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, the suicide of his
son Crown Prince Rudolf, and the assassinations of his wife Empress
Elizabeth, and nephew Francis Ferdinand. He was succeeded in 1916
by the succession of his great-nephew Charles, who abdicated in
1918 and died after two unsuccessful attempts to regain the throne
of Hungary, but his eldest son Otto remained head of the family and
Member of the European Parliament for twenty years. This book looks
at the final chapter of the Habsburgs, from the Napoleonic era to
the age of the dictators and post-war Europe.
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