Franz's uncle, Emperor Ferdinand (I) was childless, so he was treated as his heir. He officially took over as the Emperor of Austria on December 2, 1848, per Britannica. Franz was 18 years old at ...

If the Austro-Hungarian Empire still existed, Ferdinand Habsburg would be next in line to sit on the throne, instead he will ...

AKG/Album Family tragedy struck again in 1914, when Franz Josef’s nephew and successor, Franz Ferdinand ... Portrait of the emperorThe Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary wears a military ...

Emperor Ferdinand I. the unfortunate ruler of Austria, was a member of the Chevra Kadisha (Jewish burial society) of Prague, it was recalled here in connection with the commemoration of his ...

The young Sissi wed Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria at the age of 16, a marriage that thrust her into formal Habsburg court life, for which she was unprepared and found unpleasant. Eccentric and ...

Born in Munich, Bavaria, in 1805, Sophie married the Archduke of Austria, Franz Karl, when she was 19. A decade later, her husband’s mentally deficient brother, Ferdinand, became emperor ...

These days, the Hofburg Palace is residence and office of the President of Austria, however extensive ... named after Empress Elisabeth, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph, with more than 300 objects ...

The 27-year-old Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michael Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard Habsburg-Lothringen is the great-grandson of Charles I, who stood aside as the last Emperor of Austria and ...

HT Image The 27-year-old Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith ... who stood aside as the last Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary in November 1918 on the day World War I ended.