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The Formation of the Austrian Monarchy

The Formation of the Austrian Monarchy. 5.24. The Recovery and Growth of Habsburg Power. Though the Habsburgs gained eminence through the HRE, the Thirty Years War ends any chance of a centralized monarchy. The importance of Habsburg Spain diminishes and then vanishes.

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The Formation of the Austrian Monarchy

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  1. The Formation of the Austrian Monarchy 5.24

  2. The Recovery and Growth of Habsburg Power • Though the Habsburgs gained eminence through the HRE, the Thirty Years War ends any chance of a centralized monarchy. • The importance of Habsburg Spain diminishes and then vanishes.

  3. The Recovery and Growth of Habsburg Power • The Rise of Austria: 3 dominions • Hereditary provinces of Upper and Lower Austria • Kingdom of Bohemia • Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia • Kingdom of Hungary • Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia

  4. Schönbrunn Palace

  5. Austrian Empire: 1657-1718

  6. Habsburg Genealogy

  7. Leopold I Holy RomanEmperor (r. 1658-1705)

  8. The Recovery and Growth of Habsburg Power • Eugene of Savoy helps modernize Austria • Organizes military after the model of Louis XIV • Defeats Turks in 1697 and wins the Kingdom of Hungary • Wins the Spanish Netherlands, Naples, and Milan in 1714 • Establishes eastern boundary (300 years) • Gains Trieste, an outlet the Adriatic Sea

  9. The Austrian Monarchy by 1740 • Diverse population • German, Czech, Croat, Hungarian, Italian • Opposed to • Protestants, Democrats, and Nationalists • Strong agricultural base • Landlords and peasants • Minimal industrialization

  10. The Austrian Monarchy by 1740 • Political situation • No imperial diet • The monarchy was a collection of titles granted by individual states. • Here are the titles of Ferdinand III as enumerated in the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648: • Most Serene and Puissant Prince and Lord, Ferdinand the Third, elected Roman Emperor, always August, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Arch-Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Marquiss of Moravia, Duke of Luxemburg, of the Higher and Lower Silesia, of Wirtemburg and Teck, Prince of Suabia, Count of Hapsburg, Tirol, Kyburg and Goritia, Marquiss of the Sacred Roman Empire, Burgovia, the Higher and Lower Lusace, Lord of the Marquisate of Slavonia, of Port Naon and Salines.

  11. The Austrian Monarchy by 1740 • The Pragmatic Sanction (1713)- Charles VI (1711-1740) • Every diet in the empire and all Habsburgs agreed to regard the Habsburg territories as indivisible and recognize a specified line of heirs • Charles worked until his death to gain support from the foreign powers by granting concessions • Proves ultimately a failure and Austria’s fate will be decided by the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

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