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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    INTRODUCTION, jI Sketch of the History of the House of Austria^ and its Hereditary Dominions, Of the august families who are established on the different thrones of Europe^ and whose origin is lost in the obscurity of remote ages^ very few can trace their genealogy so far as the two Houses of Austria^ who have filled^ and continue to fill^ the Imperial throne of Ger- many. They both ascend to Etichon I. Duke of Alsace and Swabia^ who died in the year 690^ leaving two sons^ Etichon II. Duke of Alsace^ the undoubted stock of the House of Lorraine^ and Adalbert I. who died in and is generally acknowledged to be the head of the House of Hapsburg^ the younger branch of that of Alsace. It took the name of Hapsburg in the eleventh century^ after the death of Verner^ Bishop of Strasburg, who in the year 1024 built the Castle of Hapsburg in the Argaw. This castle^ with all the domains dependent upon it_, forming the county of Hapsburg^ he left to his nephew^ Verner the Pious. Verner I. Bishop of Strasburg^ was grandson of Gontran the Ricky who in the year 939 was Count of Alsace^ the Argaw, and Brisgaw. Gontran the Rich was son of Luitfroi V. Count of Upper Alsace, descending in the fifth degree from Adalbert I. son of Etichon. b