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The Empress: When did the real Austrian Empire fall? Explained in detail
Austria, after the Holy Roman Empire ended in 1806, wanted to build a powerful central monarchy to consolidate its power. Under Emperor Franz Joseph I, it became one of the dominant powers in ...
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Who was Empress Maria Theresa of the Holy Roman Empire, the matriarch who was a mother to sixteen children and who ruled for 40 years?
The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbutte, Maria Theresa was immediately acknowledged as the rightful heir of the Holy ...
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When the Roman Empire Had Six Emperors in a Year
The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was a record that the Byzantines set, living up to the most convoluted ...
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Speyer Cathedral
It is one of the most important Romanesque monuments from the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The cathedral was the burial place of the German emperors for almost 300 years. Description is available ...
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Prague Travel Guide
heady days when the city served as the capital of the then Holy Roman Empire. The influx of tourism since the fall of communism in 1989 lent a much needed jolt of electricity, helping to create ...