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020			_a9781781557709
040			_aPMNP _beng _cKutubkhanah Diraja
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100			_93063 _aVan der Kiste, John
245			_a The End of the Habsburgs: _bThe Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy / _cJohn Van der Kiste
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bFonthill Media _c2020
300			_a192p _c6.25 x 1 x 9.5 inches
520			_aIn 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist when Francis II became Emperor of Austria. 112 years later, the Habsburg empire collapsed after the First World War after surviving many tribulations. During the year of revolutions in 1848 the much-loved but incompetent Emperor Ferdinand had abdicated in favour of his young nephew Francis Joseph. His long reign was marked by defeat in several wars, family tragedies and scandals including the execution of his brother Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, the suicide of his son Crown Prince Rudolf, and the assassinations of his wife Empress Elizabeth, and nephew Francis Ferdinand. He was succeeded in 1916 by the succession of his great-nephew Charles, who abdicated in 1918 and died after two unsuccessful attempts to regain the throne of Hungary, but his eldest son Otto remained head of the family and Member of the European Parliament for twenty years. This book looks at the final chapter of the Habsburgs, from the Napoleonic era to the age of the dictators and post-war Europe.
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