If the Austro-Hungarian Empire still existed, 25-year-old Ferdinand Habsburg would eventually be its ruler. Instead he’s a racecar driver. “I’m so proud of my family and what they’ve done ...

From 1971 until her death in 1997, an Austro-Hungarian by way of Chicago and New York made Newport her home. Her name was Eugenia Drabrek Smetisko, commonly known as Eugenia Smith, but if you had ...

Between the 15th to 20th centuries, the Habsburgs — a German-Austrian royal family — were one of the major European dynasties. They ruled over Austria from 1282 to 1918, controlled Hungary and ...

The Germans seized all my family’s Hungarian land in 1944, including the castle. When the Soviets came soon after, they turned Jánosipuszta into a home for old people, then into an orphanage.

On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, visited Sarajevo. ... he had been expected to choose a bride from a royal or princely family.

In our decade of commemorations, we might easily miss two interesting sesquicentennials of 2017, commemorating 150 years of the Canadian Confederation and the Austro-Hungarian Compromise ...

Otto von Habsburg, born in 1912, watched his family's massive empire crumble as a child, then championed European unity. Latest ... Last heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire dies.

In 1918 Sophie’s family was forced to flee Austria and renounce their power over the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ... especially popular amongst European royal circles, ...

Maria Camilla Habsburg Lothringen, a descendant of Austria's former royal family, ... Professor of history, Dr Holger Herwig, believes the Austro-Hungarian empire might have survived.

Thousands mourn last heir of the Austro-Hungarian empire Otto ... His title at birth was ‘His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke and Prince ... The family were in Madeira in 1922 when ...