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Habsburg

Habsburg

2 9.1
A royal family in Europe that ruled Austria and Spain and held the Holy Roman Emperor's crown
  • proper noun
  • /ˈhæbzˌbɜrg/
: Habsburgo
  • The treaty ended the long-standing conflict between France and the Habsburgs.
  • Habsburg Empire
  • Habsburg monarchy
  • Habsburg dynasty

I mean you could only implement the treaty by not implementing any sort of emerging autonomy for nations of the Habsburg Empire.

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Examples

  • The Habsburg Empire's collapse dissolved dynastic loyalties, while nationalist successor states reduced German speakers to ethnic minorities.

    Academic text (2016)
  • That's how far the Habsburg Empire had fallen.

  • Lot number 15 from the Habsburg collection.

  • It's a book about the black sheep in the Habsburg family.

  • The end of Habsburg dominance altered the balance of power in Europe.

    Academic text (2005)
  • World War I brought together German speakers from Germany and the Habsburg Empire, fostering national solidarity through shared conflict.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Others conquer through war, the Habsburgs conquer through marriage.

  • Hungary, Borsos's homeland, had been a subordinate territory of the Habsburg Empire since the sixteenth century.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The Habsburg dynasty ruled over a vast empire that included Austria and Spain.

  • Habsburg influence in European politics began to wane in the early nineteenth century.

Synonyms

royal family
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Close relatives of a king or queen who rules a country

means the extended historical ruling family across generations rather than immediate relatives
dynasty
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A family whose members lead a country or group for many generations

focuses on a named family that ruled specific states and held an imperial crown
royal house
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A family of kings and queens who rule a country now or in the past

is one specific historical ruling family rather than a general category
Hapsburg
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A royal German family that ruled parts of Europe and the Holy Roman Empire

is the modern English spelling rather than the older German variant

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Habsburg comes from the name of a castle: the old German parts are Habicht 'hawk' and burg 'castle', so it originally meant 'hawk's castle'. That castle name became the family name, so Habsburg now refers to the royal family that ruled many parts of Europe.