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Habsburg (or Hapsburg)

European royal family, former imperial house of Austria-Hungary. A Habsburg, Rudolf I, became king of Germany in 1273 and began the family's control of Austria and Styria. They acquired a series of lands and titles, including that of Holy Roman Emperor which they held during 1273–91, 1298–1308, 1438–1740, and 1745–1806. The Habsburgs reached the zenith of their power under the emperor Charles V (1519–1556) who divided his lands, creating an Austrian Habsburg line (which ruled until 1918) and a Spanish line (which ruled to 1700).

The name comes from the family castle in Aargau, Switzerland.



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Only since 1918 has Austria existed as an independent and unified political entity, explains Sichtner (emerita, Brooklyn College, New York), and unlike other national groups in the Habsburg Empire, Austrians had no separate identity and have had to construct one over the past century.
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The oldest known usage of the name was in the Habsburg family.
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But it took on new significance here, in the former Habsburg capital.
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