Maximilian I, the Austrian archduke who regretted trying to conquer Mexico
British historian Edward Shawcross presents a very readable biography of a royal caught up in an ill-fated imperial adventure
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The Habsburgs Dynasty: Who Was The Great European Family?
Published: December 21, 2020 at 6:48 am If the great dynasties of central Europe have one thing in common, it is that they don’t know when they’re beaten. They are history’s great survivors. The German Wittelsbachs ruled Bavaria and the Palatinate from the 12th to the 20th centuries – a 700-year lifecycle that encompassed everything from the High Middle Ages to the First World War. Advertisement The Guelphs of Hanover and Brunswick, whose line can be traced with some certainty back to the ninth century, were just as resilient, acquiring the British throne (through King Georg...
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