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Definition of Habsburg
1. Noun. A royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806.
Definition of Habsburg
1. Proper noun. An Alpine castle in Aargau canton, northern Switzerland. ¹
2. Proper noun. A Swabian noble family named after it, which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Austria, at times other countries (mainly in Iberia and the former Burgundian territories) and supplied successive (elected) emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Habsburg
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1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"The habsburg succession in Hungary and Bohemia had to be ired by carefully
arranging for the recognition of the heir during his ler's lifetime. ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"RIVALRY OF habsburg AND WITTELSBACH (1314 AD) Meanwhile in south Germany the two
great families of habsburg and Wittelsbach were vying with one another in ..."
3. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"This is the house of the Counts of habsburg. They took this name from their castle
on the lower course of the Aar, in the north-west corner of the. ..."
4. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"The habsburg lands, centering around the ancient family castle on the river Aar
Rudolf of 'n wnat 's now Switzerland, had gradually been ex- habsburg, ..."
5. Austria by Sidney Whitman, John Robert McIlraith (1899)
"On the death, in 1232, of Rudolph I., these lands were divided between his two
sons, Albrecht IV., Count of habsburg and Landgrave of Alsace, getting Aargau ..."
6. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"The castle of habsburg is still to be seen on the ... In 1881 the Austrians
proposed to purchase the castle of habsburg and give it as a wedding gift to the ..."
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