Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Austrians / [William Alexander].

  • William Alexander
Date:
[1813?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Austrians / [William Alexander]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of their respective dig'nitieSj and of tlieir alliances witli all the sovereign Houses of Europe. This nnion^ whicli is tlie more remarkable from its being unexampled, was etlected on the 12th of February^ 1738, by the marriage of the Archduchess Maria-Theresa, only daughter and heiress of the Emperor Charles VI. the last male de- scendant of the House of Austria, with Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine. Grand Duke of Tuscany, who accord- ingly afterwards became Emperor and head of the third House of Austria, now reigning. OF THE HEREDITARY STATES OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA. The different states hereditary in the House of Austria were acquired, some by marriages and gifts, and others in consequence of treaties or partitions. CASTLE AND COUNTY OF HAPSBURG. The Castle and County of Hapsburg, that ancient pro- perty of the House of Austria, have been out of its ])ossession ever since the year 1415, being lost on the following’ occasion. o The famous contest of the three Popes, or Anti-Popes, John XXIIl. Martin V. and Benedict XHl. being laid before the Council of Constance, there appeared no other means of putting an end to the schism than by requiring these three competitors to resign tlie Pontificate, in order that a new election might be made. John seemed disposed to submit to this decision, and declared his intention by a bull; but a few days after, he made his esca[)c from Constance, through the assistance of