These events led a French observer to note ... in imperial ambition and the subject of Mr. Jonas’s informative “Habsburgs on the Rio Grande.” ...

The Habsburgs didn’t conquer Europe with armies - they did it with deception and diplomacy. This episode explores how forged documents like the Privilegium Maius and carefully arranged dynastic ...

And to rule this new Mexican monarchy, the French placed a Hapsburg prince on the throne. It sounds bizarre. But it’s a true story, recounted brilliantly by the British historian Edward ...

A decade later, following his failure to be elected emperor, the French king Louis XIV created the League of the Rhine to isolate the Austrian branch of the Habsburgs from Spain. During this period, ...

The Habsburgs were once the most powerful family in Austria, but as they tried to strengthen the bloodline by intermarrying, a lack of genetic diversity ended up being their downfall. What Was on ...

When Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen was at school, his history teacher would be going through an episode in Europe’s chronicles and note: “That's something Mr Habsburg surely knows about.” ...