Emperor Charles IV (aka Emperor Karl I) of Austria was born on August 17th, 1887 in Persenbeug Castle, Austria. Karl was the grand-nephew of the man he succeeded who was Emperor Franz Josef I. Emperor Franz Josef did have a son who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand. His son however, met an untimely demise leaving only Karl as the next successor. Karl married Zita of Burbon-Parma whom he was wed to until his death. Karl was originally an active member of the Austrian military until the death of Franz Josef
also known as The War to End All Wars, they may not be unaware of the causes that led to it. The Treaty of Versailles was an accordance document signed by Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States and by Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles helped cause World War 1 by destroying Germany’s pride, reducing their territory, and putting a limit to Germany’s military. As all
only few are important. I am trying to answer if problems of private information or commitment were primarily the cause. Van Evera argues that the belief in offensive military doctrines created private information that destabilized the international order. Rowe argues that the the ability to credibly threaten violence stabilized the system prior to the First World War, but globalization undermined states’ abilities to credibly commit the threat of violence. In this paper I will argue that the decisions
There is much speculation about the cause of WW1, a few being Militarism, the Alliance System, Imperialism and Nationalism. There is no denying that all four of these reasons played a role in starting the war but only three were strong enough to show clear effects and repercussions. The three that were the main underlying causes of WW1 are Militarism, the Alliance System and Imperialism. Militarism’s role was seen in multiple cases before the war but one major impact it had was the increased
Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria was the wife of 19th century Habsburg ruler, Franz Joseph I. She wed him at the ripe age of 16, and Franz only 23. Franz Joseph was the Emperor of Austria, the King of Hungary and also of Bohemia. Given that her husband was a man of great ruling, she had married herself into a world which attempted to give her a very formal lifestyle, and restrictive by court convention. The Duchess, better known as Sisi, which was her nickname, began to feel at odds with her new life
In 1469 King Ferdinand II of Aragon married Queen Isabella I of Castile. Together they had a daughter named Joanna I of Castile. King Ferdinand then overthrew and conquered the Kingdom of Granada, doing so King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella united the three kingdoms of Aragon, Castile and Granada into one called España or Spain in English. Queen Isabella died and King Ferdinand passed on the crown to Joanna. Joanna’s husband Philip I of Castile desperately wanted the spanish crown and therefore
governed by an absolute monarch. There was no parliament so the people had no say in how the country was ran. · At the end of the 18th century Piedmont made an alliance with Austria. Because the Piedmontese family had connections with the French royal family and so were in turn enemies of Napoleon. Piedmont and Austria declared war on France when the French army attacked Nice and Savoy west of Piedmont. · From 1802 to 1814 Piedmont was united with France. They governed every part of the
Maria Theresa was born on May 13, 1717 of the parents of Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Maria was the eldest daughter of Charles VI. She was born in Vienna, Austria. Her father was the emperor of Austria he was the last male emperor because his son died. Since she did not have a brother she would mostly likely be the one to take the throne from her father when he dies. Her father asked other countries to sign the Pragmatic Sanction to allow Maria Theresa to be an empress
its origins to the Pragmatic Sanction of 19 April 1713 whereby the Habsburg emperor Charles VI decreed the imperial succession arrangements as set out in his will, according precedence to his own daughters over the daughters of his (by now deceased) elder brother Joseph I. This proved prescient: in May 1717 the emperor’s own eldest daughter was born and on his death in 1740, she duly succeeded as Archduchess of Austria as well as to the thrones of the Bohemian and Hungarian lands within the Habsburg
foreign minister of Austria, Prince Klemens von Metternich (Beck, 238). An additional great influential representative was the French foreign minister Prince Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, who was sent behalf of the French monarchy (Mikaberidze, 1047). The Congress of Vienna played an important role of creating peace in the European continent after the Napoleonic War, with two significant foreign ministers of two nations, Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria and Prince Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
psychologists begin to implement and practice Freud’s work. However, Freud did not travel to the United States to launch his work. In fact, Freud, who was of the Jewish background, remained in Austria until 1938. Then, he settled in London when the Nazi’s began to come into Austria. If Sigmund Freud had chosen to stay in Austria, or even if he had gone elsewhere, like the United States, there is a strong possibility that the development of psychoanalysis may have never come into existence. Freud certainly would
of 1740, an eight year war, the War of Austrian Succession quickly followed. In 1754, another war followed, the Seven Years War, also known as the French and Indian War. It ended in 1763 and Austria was not a winner. In 1772, the First Partition of Poland divided up Poland into three parts for Prussia, Austria, and Russia. All of these renowned events took place during the reign of Maria Theresa. She died in 1780, leaving behind 16 children and a thriving monarchy. The reign of Maria Theresa definitely
led to a war with other nations. The differences can be examined by a look at the War of Spanish Succession and the American Revolution. The War of Spanish Succession resulted from a crisis in government when King Charles II died and left no heir. Various relatives from France, Austria, Britain and the Netherlands claimed a right to the throne. French Bourbon King Louis XIV installed his grandson, Philip of Anjou, as the Spanish king in 1700, resulting in the other claimants starting a war
Cavaliers (Royalists) over the way the government would run in 1642. Some of the causes are that King Charles I who had a personal rule by himself couldn’t raise money and needed the approval of Parliament. He tried by having the ship money tax and sending out a naval-war scare where the tax would pay toward the Royal Navy. The results of the war were the execution of King Charles I, the exile of Charles II, and the establishment of the republican Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell abolished
Biography of Marie Antoinette Born with the name Antonia, Marie Antoinette was born in Vienna, Austria on November 2, 1755. Marie-Antoinette was one of the 16 children of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa, queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the youngest and most beautiful daughter of all. Marie Antoinette was brought up believing her destiny was to become queen of France. Marie Antoinette's first child was Marie Therese Charlotte(Madame Royale). Unpopular Queen Marie
on the unification. Since it was more economic then anything else, the peasants and workers did not really care too much about the unification. After the Congress of Vienna divided the Italian peninsula among the European powers, especially Austria, Carbonari spread into the Papal States, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy of Modena and into the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. The government feared them so much that anyone who was caught attending one of their meetings
by other European powers or the rich noble families of the region. After Napoleon’s defeat in 1815, the Congress of Vienna split Italy into eight independent states with major influences from the surrounding powers of Spain, France and especially Austria. Uprisings against the state governments swept the country, but were suppressed by the Habsbergs1 in Northern Italy. This however, was soon to change. Giuseppe Mazzini, Count Camilo Benso Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi organized and inspired the people
Isaac Compton Compton 1 English 10 Ray 2/10/17 Lost Civilizations Civilization was the dawn of the structured progress of humanity,giving mankind the platform interact in new and different ways helping the human species.Civilization was also the dawn of something terrible,nationalism,segregation,racism,and thousands of bloody battles,feuds,and wars with other countries and empires.The Spanish Empire,The
defeated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the Congress of Vienna was held the same year under the control Foreign Minister Metternich's leadership. In this conference Austria was given control of the Italian states of Venetia and Lombardy, in compensation for her loss of Belgium. This led to the Germanisation and domination of Austria over the Italian states it had obtained. All schools were carefully censored, the press was rigidly controlled, and all this was supported by an efficient army of police
The Holy Roman Empire was a diverse complex of territories that lasted for over a thousand years, located in Europe that was created during the Early Middle Ages, which proceeded until its disintegration in 1806. Today Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Slovenia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and parts of France, Italy, and Poland where the European states that made of Holy Roman Empire’s loose confederation. French writer, historian, and philosopher Voltaire