List of Houses
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Austria
The House of Austria descended from the
ancient immediate family of Alsace that ruled in the Duchy of Lorraine
(Lothringen) since the 11th century [10: Neue Folge; Band I.1;
t.47-59; Band I.2; t. 204-224; Band VI; t.129-136].
In 1393, Ferri / Friedrich (+1415), the
second son of Duke Johann I of Lorraine (+1390), married Marguerite (+1417), the
heir to the County of Vaudémont, and founded the Vaudémont branch
of the House of Lorraine.
In 1473, René / Reinhard II
(+1508), Count of Vaudémont, became the co-ruler of his mother Yolanda
(+1483) in the Duchy of Lorraine.
In 1483, René II succeeded his
mother Yolanda in Lorraine and Bar (N.1).
In 1493, Duke René II of Lorraine
accepted the title of the King of Sicily and Jerusalem to assert his
claims to the Kingdom of Naples where his maternal grandfather René I
once ruled. René II was not able to made good of these claims; however,
his descendants, the Dukes of Lorraine, as claimants to Naples bore the title of
Duke of Calabria.
Anton (+1544), and Claude (+1550), the sons of
Duke René II, founded, respectively, the direct Lorraine and Guise
branches of the House of Lorraine (N.2).
Anton, who inherited Lorraine, Bar, Salm,
Vaudémont, and other family possessions in the Holy Roman Empire,
continued the direct branch of Lorraine. His descendants ruled in these
territories until 1737 (with interruption in 1634-1659, 1670-1697 and 1702-1714
during the French occupation).
Ca. 1700, Duke Leopold of Lorraine
(+1729), revived the ancient claims and accepted the title of King of
Jerusalem.
In 1708, Duke Leopold of Lorraine advanced claims
to the Duchy of Montferrat, after the death of his relative Ferdinand-Charles
Gonzaga.
In 1722, Emperor Karl VI gave the Silesian Duchy
of Cieszyn / Teschen
to Duke Leopold as compensation for Montferrat that passed
to the King of Sardinia.
In 1737, Duke
François /
Franz III (+1765) ceded
Lorraine, Bar, Salm,
Vaudémont, etc. to
Stanislaw Leszczynski (+1766), the former King of Poland. As compensation, Franz
III received the Italian Grand Duchy of Tuscany where the reigning House of
Medici had become extinct. Although his only remaining Imperial immediate
territory, the County of Falkenstein, was not represented in the Imperial
Assembly, Franz III did not lose his status of the Imperial Estate as he
preserved his individual voice in the Council of Princes of the Imperial
Assembly in his quality of Margrave of Nomeny.
In 1740, Maria-Theresa of Austria (+1780), the
wife of Franz III (+1765), succeeded her father Emperor Karl VI in Hungary,
Bohemia, Austria, and in other Habsburg hereditary possessions (N.3).
In 1745, Franz III (+1765), was elected the Roman
Emperor as Franz I.
In 1765, after the
death of Emperor Franz I, his eldest son Josef II (+1790), who was elected the
Roman Emperor, inherited Falkenstein and became co-ruler of his mother
Maria-Theresa (+1780). Peter-Leopold, another son of Franz I and Maria-Theresa
, inherited Grand Duke of Tuscany.
In 1780, the House of Lorraine inherited
the possessions of the Habsburg House (Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia,
Austria, Carinthia, Styria, Carniola, Tyrol, the South Low Countries,
Luxembourg, Transylvania, Moravia, Silesia, Milan, Mantua, Gorizia, Gradisca,
Breisgau, Ortenau, etc.), when Emperor Josef II (+1790) succeeded his mother
Maria-Theresa.
Emperor Josef II's brothers Peter-Leopold (+1792)
and Ferdinand (+1806) founded, respectively, the branches of Austria and
Modena-Este of the House of Lorraine-Habsburg.
Notes:
1.In 1431, the eldest branch of the House of
Lorraine became extinct in the male line with the death of Duke Karl I of
Lorraine. The Duchy of Lorraine, despite the opposition of Anton of Lorraine,
Count of Vaudémont, passed to Isabelle (+1453), Karl's daughter, who had
been married to René / Reinhard I "the Good" of Anjou (+1480),
Duke of Bar.
In 1434, René I, who became
Isabelle’s co-ruler in Lorraine, inherited Provence, Anjou, etc.
In 1435, René I succeeded in the Kingdom
of Naples (taking the title of King of Jerusalem & Sicily). By 1442,
Alphonse V, King of Aragon, had taken the Kingdom of Naples from René
I.
In 1453, after the death of Duchess Isabelle,
René I ceded the Duchy of Lorraine to their son Jean / Johann of
Anjou (+1470). In 1470, Nicolas (+1473) succeeded his father Jean of Anjou in
Lorraine.
In 1473, Yolanda of Anjou, the eldest daughter of
Isabelle and René I, succeeded her nephew Nicolas of Anjou in Lorraine.
In 1480, Yolanda of Anjou, succeeded her father
René I in the Duchy of Bar, and advanced claims to Provence.
2. Claude (+1550), a son of Duke René II
of Lorraine, if who inherited Guise, Aumale and other family possessions in
France, founded the branch of Guise. The branch divided in several sub-branches:
Guise, Aumale, Elboeuf, Harcourt, Marsan, etc., and became extinct in the male
line in 1825, with the death of Charles-Eugène, Prince of Lambesc, Count
of Brionne, and Duke of Elboeuf.
3. The House of Habsburg / Hapsburg descended
from the Counts of Habsburg whose possessions were located in the southwestern
Germany (mainly Alsace, Breisgau, Aargau, and Thurgau).
In 1273-1291,
1298-1308, 1314-1330 and 1438-1740, the representatives of the House of
Habsburg, were elected Heads of the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1282, Rudolf (+1291), Count of Habsburg, who
was elected as the Roman King in 1273, I bestowed the Duchies of Austria and
Styria to his sons.
The Habsburgs acquired Carinthia and Carniola in
1335, Tyrol in 1363, and other lands in the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1477, Maximilian I (+1519), Archduke of
Austria married Marie, Duchess of Burgundy, an heir to the Low Countries.
Philip "the Fair" (+1506), a son of Maximilian I
and Marie, married Juana "the Mad" (+1555), Queen of Castile, Aragon, Navarre,
Naples, Sicily, Sardinia etc.
In 1521, Emperor Karl V (+1558) and his younger
brother Ferdinand I (+1564), divided the Habsburg possessions and founded,
respectively, the Spanish and Austrian branches of the House of
Habsburg.
The Spanish branch, which ruled in Spain, Naples,
Sicily, Sardinia, the Low Countries, Milan, Portugal (from 1580 to 1640), etc.,
became extinct in the male line in 1700.
Ferdinand I, the founder of Austrian branch,
received Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Tyrol, etc., and in 1526,
acquired the Crowns of Hungary and Bohemia.
By the Treaties of Utrecht (1713) and Rastatt
(1714), which concluded the War of the Spanish Succession, the Austrian branch
acquired some possessions of the extinct Spanish branch including Milan and the
Low Countries.
In 1740, with the death of Emperor Karl VI, the
House of Habsburg became extinct in the male line.
4.
The Silesian Duchy of Cieszyn /
Teschen under the Bohemian overlordship passed to
Albrecht of Saxony (+1822), a son of King Augustus III of Poland, and the
husband of Maria-Christina (+1798), a daughter of Emperor Franz
I.
1. Austria
Peter-Leopold (+1792), Grand Duke of Tuscany,
continued the direct branch of Austria. In 1790, he succeeded his brother
Emperor Josef II in all of his lands, and was elected the Roman Emperor as
Leopold II.
Emperor Leopold II's sons Franz (+1835) and
Ferdinand (+1824), founded, respectively, the branches of Austria and
Tuscany.
1.1. Austria
In 1792, Franz (+1835), who continued the direct
branch of Austria, succeeded his father Emperor Leopold II in Hungary, Bohemia,
Austria and the other Habsburg hereditary lands and was elected Emperor of the
Romans as Emperor Franz II.
In 1804, Emperor Franz II was declared
Hereditary Emperor of Austria.
In Aug 1806, Emperor Franz (+1835)
abdicated as Emperor of the Romans and remained Emperor of Austria as Franz I.
The suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire over possessions of the House of
Austria ended.
In 1815-1866, the Emperors of Austria were
members of the German Confederation
In 1867, the Austro-Hungarian Compromise
established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The compromise granted the
Hungarian government equal legal status to the Austrian government, while the
common monarch retained responsibility for the army, navy, foreign policy, and
customs union.
In the course of the November Revolution of
1918, the Emperor of Austria-King of Hungary was
deposed.
List of the Rulers
Josef II (1741-1790) [1764/1765-1790]
// 1765-1790 in
Falkenstein;
// 1765-1780 co-ruler, 1780-1790 ruler in
Hungary, Bohemia, Austria, Low Countries, Milan, etc.
Leopold II (1747-1792) [1790-1792]
// 1765-1790 Grand Duke of
Tuscany
Franz I (II as Emperor of the Romans) (1768-1835)
[1792-1835]
Ferdinand I (1793-1875) [1835-1848]
Franz-Josef I (1830-1916) [1848-1916]
Karl I (1887-1922) [1916-1918]
Titles
1780-1804
King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia,
Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria;
Archduke of Austria;
Duke of Burgundy, Lorraine, Styria, Carinthia,
Carniola,
Grand Duke of Tuscany;
Grand Prince of Transylvania;
Margrave of Moravia;
Duke of Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg, Gelderland,
Württemberg, the Upper & Lower Silesia, Milan, Mantua, Parma, Piacenza,
Guastalla, Calabria, Bar, Montferrat, Cieszyn, Oswiecin, Zator;
Prince of Swabia, Charleville;
Princely Count of Habsburg, Flanders, Tyrol,
Hainaut, Kyburg, Gorizia, Gradisca;
Margrave of the Holy Roman Empire, of Burgau, the
Upper and Lower Lusatia, Pont-à-Mousson, Nomeny;
Count of Namur, Provence, Vaudémont,
Blâmont, Zütphen, Saarwerden, Salm, Falkenstein;
Lord of the Wendish March,
Mechelen;
1804-1806
Emperor of Austria;
King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia,
Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria;
Archduke of Austria;
Duke of Lorraine, Venice, Salzburg, Styria,
Carinthia, Carniola;
Grand Prince of Transylvania;
Margrave of Moravia;
Duke of Württemberg, the Upper & Lower
Silesia; Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, Oswiecin, Zator, Cieszyn, Friuli, Zadar;
Prince of Swabia, Eichstädt, Passau, Trent,
Brixen, Berchtoldsgaden, Lindau;
Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg,
Gorizia, Gradisca;
Margrave of Burgau, the Upper & Lower
Lusatia;
Landgrave in Breisgau, in the Ortenau,
Nellenburg;
Count of Montfort, Hohenems, the Upper &
Lower Hohenberg, Bregenz, Sonnenberg,
Rothenfels, Blumeneck, Hofen;
Lord of the Wendish March, Verona, Vicenza,
Padua;
1806-1809
Emperor of Austria;
King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia,
Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria;
Archduke of Austria;
Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, of Würzburg, in
Franconia, of Styria, Carinthia, Carniola;
Grand Duke of Crakow;
Grand Prince of Transylvania;
Margrave of Moravia;
Duke of Sandomierz, Mazovia, Lublin, the Upper
& Lower Silesia, Oswiecin, Zator, Cieszyn, Friuli;
Prince of Berchtoldsgaden, Mergentheim;
Princely Count of Habsburg, Kyburg, Gorizia,
Gradisca;
Margrave of the Upper & Lower Lusatia, in
Istria;
Lord of the Lands of Volhynia, Podlachia, Brzesz,
Triest, Freudenthal, Eulenberg, the Wendish March;
1809-1816 ( the Middle form
)
Emperor of Austria;
King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia,
Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria;
Archduke of Austria;
Duke of Lorraine, Würzburg, in
Franconia;
Grand Prince of Transylvania;
Margrave of Moravia,
Duke of Styria, Carinthia, the Upper & Lower
Silesia;
Princely Count of Habsburg;
1816-1836 ( the Middle form
)
Emperor of Austria;
King of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardy,
Venice, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Illyria;
Archduke of Austria;
Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia,
Carniola, the Upper & Lower Silesia;
Grand Prince of Transylvania;
Margrave of Moravia,
Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol;
1836-1849
Emperor of Austria,
King of Hungary, Bohemia,
King of Lombardy, Venetia, Dalmatia, Croatia,
Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Illyria;
King of Jerusalem;
Archduke of Austria;
Grand Duke of Tuscany;
Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia,
Carniola;
Grand Prince of Transylvania;
Margrave of Moravia;
Duke of the Upper & Lower Silesia, Modena,
Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, Oswiecin, Zator, Cieszyn, Frioul, Ragusa, Zadar;
Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg,
Gorizia, Gradisca;
Prince of Trent, Brixen;
Margrave of the Upper & Lower Lusatia, in
Istria;
Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz,
Sonnenberg;
Lord of Triest, Kotor, the Wendish
March;
1849-1866
Emperor of Austria,
King of Hungary, Bohemia;
King of Lombardy, Venetia, Dalmatia, Croatia,
Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Illyria;
King of Jerusalem;
Archduke of Austria;
Grand Duke of Tuscany, Crakow;
Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia,
Carniola, the Bukovina;
Grand Prince of Transylvania;
Margrave of Moravia;
Duke of the Upper & Lower Silesia, Modena,
Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, Oswiecin, Zator, Cieszyn, Frioul, Ragusa, Zara;
Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg,
Gorizia, Gradisca;
Prince of Trent, Brixen;
Margrave of the Upper & Lower Lusatia, in
Istria;
Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz,
Sonnenberg;
Lord of Triest, Kotor, the Wendish March;
Grand Voivoda of the Voivodina of Serbia;
1866-1918
Emperor of Austria,
King of Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia,
Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Illyria;
King of Jerusalem;
Archduke of Austria;
Grand Duke of Tuscany, Crakow;
Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia,
Carniola, the Bukovina;
Grand Prince of Transylvania;
Margrave of Moravia;
Duke of the Upper & Lower Silesia, Modena,
Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, Oswiecin, Zator, Cieszyn, Frioul, Ragusa, Zara;
Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg,
Gorizia, Gradisca;
Prince of Trent, Brixen;
Margrave of the Upper & Lower Lusatia, in
Istria;
Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz,
Sonnenberg;
Lord of Triest, Kotor, the Wendish March;
Grand Voivoda of the Voivodina of
Serbia;
Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in
1789
Austria:
- Austria;
Burgundy:
- Burgundy;
The Upper Rhine:
= The Bench of the Secular
Princes:
- Nomeny [personal.];
= The Bench of Counts &
Lords:
- Falkenstein;
Swabia:
= The Bench of Counts & Lords:
- Montfort (Tettnang &
Argen);
- Hohenems;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789
Voices In the Council of
Electors:
- Bohemia;
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Austria;
- Burgundy;
- Nomeny;
Curial voices in the Council of Princes:
= the Counts of Swabia =
- Montfort (Tettnang &
Argen);
- Hohenems;
Territorial Possessions in 1789 [7:
p.1-12]
The Imperial Circle of
Austria:
- Austria /
Österreich;
- Styria / Steiermark /
Steyer;
- Carinthia /
Kärnten;
- Carniola / Krain;
- Tyrol;
- Gradisca & Gorizia /
Görz;
- % Istria;
- Triest;
- Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonneberg;
- Burgau, Nellenburg, Hohenberg,
Altdorf;
- Breisgau;
- Ortenau;
= Territorial Supremacy over =
- Sigmaringen;
- Veringen / Vöringen;
- Thengen;
- Kirchberg;
- Weissenhorn;
- Bussen;
The Imperial Circle of
Burgundy:
- % Brabant with "the Margraviate of the Holy
Roman Empire" (Antwerp);
- Luxembourg;
- % Gelderland / Geldern /
Gelre;
- % Limburg;
- Hainaut / Hennegau;
- Flanders;
- Namur;
- Doornik / Tournai;
- Mechelen / Malines;
= Territorial Supremacy over =
- Aerschot;
- Hoogstraeten;
- Rochefort;
The Imperial Circle of the Upper Rhine:
- Falkenstein;
The Imperial Circle of
Swabia:
- Tettnang & Argen /
Langenargen;
- Hohenems / Hohen-Embs;
Outside Imperial Circles:
- Bohemia / Böhmen ;
- Moravia / Mähren ;
- % Silesia / Schlesien;
= Territorial Supremacy over =
- Krnov /
Jägerndorf;
- Opava / Troppau;
- Cieszyn
/
Teschen;
- Roudnice-nad-Labem /
Raudnitz-an-der-Elbe;
Sovereign outside the Empire:
- Hungary with Croatia, Slavonia,
- Transylvania /
Siebenbürgen;
- Galicia with Bukovina;
- Milan / Milano / Mailand , Mantua /
Mantova;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation)
Voices In the Council of
Electors:
- Bohemia;
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Austria;
- Styria;
- Carinthia;
- Trent;
- Brixen;
- Carniola;
- Tyrol;
Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since
1789
- In 1794, the French armies occupied the
Austrian Low Countries and Falkenstein.
- In 1795, by the third division of Poland,
Emperor Franz II acquired the Lesser Poland with Krakow and
Lublin.
- In 1796, the French armies occupied
Milan.
- In 1797, the French armies occupied
Mantua.
- In Oct 1797, by the Treaty of Campo-Formio,
Emperor Franz II ceded the Austrian Low Countries, Falkenstein, Milan, and
Mantua, and acquired some possessions of the former Republic of Venice (Venetia,
Istria and Dalmatia).
These changes were confirmed by the Treaty of
Lunéville in Feb 1801.
- In 1799, the rule of Emperor Franz II in Milan
and Mantua was restored
- In 1800, the French armies re-occupied Milan
and Mantua.
- In 1803, by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation, Emperor Franz II ceded Breisgau and Ortenau, and acquired Trent /
Trient / Trento and Brixen / Bressanone.
- In 1803, Emperor Franz II acquired the Prince
of Bretzenheim's possessions (Lindau).
- In 1804, Emperor Franz II acquired the Count of
Königsegg-Rothenfels' possessions (Rothenfels and Stauffen).
- In 1804, Emperor Franz II acquired Hofen from
the Prince of Nassau-Orange.
- In Dec 1805, by the Treaty of Pressburg, which
ended the War of the Third Coalition, the Roman Emperor Franz II ceded
Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonneberg, Burgau, Nellenburg, Hohenberg, Altdorf, Lindau,
Hofen, Rothenfels, Stauffen, Tettnang, Argen, Hohenems and other the Austrian
lands in Swabia, Tyrol, Trent and Brixen, Venetia, Istria, and Dalmatia; and
acquired Salzburg and Berchtesgaden. Mergentheim, the former possession of the
Teutonic order, became a hereditary Principality to be ruled by members of the
House of Austria.
- In Oct 1809, by the Treaty of Schönbrunn,
which ended the War of the Fifth Coalition, the Emperor of Austria, ceded
Salzburg, Berchtesgaden, Carniola, % Carinthia, Gorizia, Gradisca, the Austrian
Istria, Triest, the Lesser Poland, Tarnopol (in Galicia), Dalmatia south of the
Sava River.
- By the decisions of the Congress of Vienna
(1814-1815), the Emperor of Austria acquired Tyrol, Trent, Brixen, Salzburg,
Carniola, % Carinthia, Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, Gorizia,
Gradisca, Triest, Istria, Lombardy-Venetia, Dalmatia, Tarnopol, etc.
- In 1859, by the Treaty of Zurich, the Emperor
of Austria ceded Lombardy to the King of Sardinia.
- In 1866, by the Treaty of Prague, the Emperor
of Austria ceded Venetia to the King of Italy.
1.2. Tuscany
In Feb 1790, Grand Duke Peter-Leopold of Tuscany
succeeded his brother Josef II in Hungary, Bohemia, Austria, etc. as Leopold II.
In July 1790, Leopold II ceded the Grand Duchy of Tuscany to his second son
Ferdinand III (+1824), who founded the branch of Tuscany.
In 1799, the French occupied Tuscany, and by the
Treaty of Aranjuez (1801), Napoleon I forced Ferdinand III to cede the Grand
Duchy of Tuscany.
In 1803, by the Final Recess of the
Imperial Deputation, Ferdinand became an Imperial immediate ruler and
Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (as Duke of
Salzburg).
In Dec 1805, by the Treaty of Pressburg,
Ferdinand exchanged Salzburg for Würzburg retaining the Dignity of
Prince-Elector.
In Aug 1806, with the abolition of the
Holy Roman Empire, the Duke of Würzburg became a sovereign
ruler.
In Sep 1806, Ferdinand joined the
Confederation of the Rhine and received the title of Grand Duke of
Würzburg.
In 1814, Ferdinand ceded all of his
lands in Germany, when he was restored as Grand-Duke of
Tuscany.
In 1860, the branch of Tuscany of the House of
Austria lost its sovereign status when Tuscany was annexed to the possessions of
the King of Sardinia.
List of the Rulers
Ferdinand (1769-1824) [1803-1814]
// 1790-1799; 1814-1824 Grand Duke of
Tuscany
Titles
1803-1805/6
Archduke of Austria;
HRE Prince-Elector;
Duke of Salzburg;
Prince of Eichstädt, Passau,
Berchtesgaden;
1805/6-1806
Archduke of Austria;
HRE Prince-Elector;
Prince of Würzburg;
Duke in Franconia;
1806-1814
Archduke of Austria;
Grand Duke of Würzburg;
Duke in Franconia;
Territorial Possessions in 1789
Sovereign outside the Empire:
Tuscany;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation)
Voices In the Council of
Electors:
- Salzburg;
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Eichstädt;
- Berchtesgaden;
Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since
1803
- In 1803, the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation assigned Salzburg, % Passau, Eichstädt, and Berchtesgaden to
Ferdinand (+1824), the former Grand Duke of Tuscany.
- In Sep 1806, Ferdinand mediatized possessions
of the Count of Ortenburg (Tambach) and some Imperial Knights.
- In Dec 1805, by the Treaty of Pressburg
Ferdinand ceded Salzburg, % Passau, Eichstädt, and Berchtesgaden, and
received a part of Franconia with Würzburg.
- In 1814, Ferdinand was restored as Grand-Duke
of Tuscany, and ceded Würzburg.
- In 1814, Ferdinand gave up Würzburg when
he returned to his Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
2. Modena-Este
+1875
Ferdinand (+ Dec
1806), a son of Emperor Franz I (+1765) and Maria-Theresa of
Austria, founded the branch of
Modena-Este.
In 1771, Ferdinand
married Maria-Beatrice-Ricciarda of Este (+1829), a daughter and the heir of
Duke Ercole / Herkules III of Modena and Reggio (+1803)
In Oct 1803,
Ferdinand (+ Dec 1806)
inherited
the
Imperial immediate territories and the status
of Imperial Estate of his
father-in-law Ercole / Herkules of Este
(N.1).
In Dec 1805,
Ferdinand lost his status of Imperial immediate
territorial ruler, by the
Treaty of Pressburg
all of his
territoies passed to
Baden.
In 1814, Francesco /
Franz (+1846), a son of Ferdinand (+ Dec 1806) and
Maria-Beatrice-Ricciarda of Este, became Duke of Modena and Reggio
in
Italy.
In 1860, the branch of
Modena-Este of the House of Austria lost its sovereign status when its lands
(Modena, Reggio, Mirandola, Massa, Carrara, etc.) were annexed to the
possessions of the King of Sardinia.
In 1875, with
the death of Duke Francesco / Franz V the branch of Modena-Este became
extinct.
Notes:
1.
In 1803, by the Final Recess of
the Imperial Deputation Duke Ercole / Herkules III, who lost his
possessions in Italy, received Imperial immediate
territories and two individual
voices in the Council of Princes of the Imperial
Assembly.
List of the Rulers
Ferdinand (1754-1806) [Oct 1803-Dec 1805]
~ 1771 Maria-Beatrice of Este (1750-1829),
Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara in 1790-1797 &
1815-1829
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation)
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Breisgau;
- Ortenau;
Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since
1803
- In Oct 1803, Ferdinand succeeded his
father-in-law Ercole / Herkules in Breisgau and Ortenau, which the latter
received by decissions of the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation in Mar
1803.
- In Dec 1805, by the Treaty of Pressburg
Ferdinand lost Breisgau and Ortenau.
Bibliography.
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