Habsburg

Definitions

1. An Alpine castle in Aargau canton, northern Switzerland.
2. A member of the Habsburg noble family.
3. A Swabian noble family named after it, which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Austria, at times other countries (mainly in Iberia and the former Burgundian territories) and supplied successive (elected) emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Examples

“Did European royals sometimes intermarry? Yes. There are a couple of examples of that. The Habsburgs are not beating the allegations.”

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