Volume III · The Houses
House of Habsburg
Originally the County of Habsburg (modern Switzerland); seated in Austria
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01How it began
Originally the County of Habsburg (modern Switzerland); seated in Austria
02At its height
The empire of Charles V (16th c.) — Spain, Austria, the Low Countries, much of Italy, and the Americas
Territory in the record
Austria, Spain, the Low Countries, southern Italy, Bohemia, Hungary, and Spain's American empire
03What became of it
Split into Spanish and Austrian branches. The Spanish line died out with the disabled, heirless Charles II in 1700, triggering the War of the Spanish Succession; the Austrian line endured until 1918.
04What remained
Proof that marriage and inheritance could build an empire larger than most conquerors won by the sword — and that dynastic inbreeding could rot it from within.
Flags, arms & symbols
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Arms componentThe Austrian shieldShown within the arms of Maximilian I, c. 1504-1506Read the symbolClose the story
A white horizontal band crosses a red shield. In heraldic language, the band is a fess; the Austrian shield is also known as the Bindenschild.
A stained-glass panel of Maximilian I places this small shield on an imperial eagle. Here it is shown separately, not as a complete rendering of the Habsburg imperial arms.
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