Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. In 1521, in the imperial free city of Worms, the firebrand Augustinian friar Martin Luther stood ...

For centuries, European royal families arranged marriages within their own bloodlines to preserve power, alliances, and what ...

The Archduchess of Austria and Royal Princess of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia, Eleonore von Habsburg, married Belgian racing driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi aren't ...

A facial deformity known as "Habsburg jaw," famously noted in the Habsburg dynasty of Spanish and Austrian royals, can be attributed to inbreeding. According to a new study published in the Annals of ...

Maria Theresa engineered advantageous marriages for her daughters. The youngest would meet her end in Revolutionary France.

ROME — The Catholic faith and traditions of the Habsburg monarchies helped them enjoy mostly stable marriages and large, happy families that were crucial in governing their kingdoms for more than ...

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The archduke of Austria, Eduard Habsburg, who serves as Hungary’s ambassador to the Vatican, stopped in Washington, D.C., last week to talk about his new book about his famous family that he says he ...

There’s something a bit weird about seeing a Habsburg pop up on Twitter. If 54-year-old Eduard Habsburg’s surname seems familiar, that’s because his family ruled Austria for more than six centuries.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Habsburg family's Florentine diamond found in bank vault after a century The legendary "Florentine" diamond, a 137-carat yellow ...

This past week, royal watchers were laser-focused on Princess Beatrice's nuptials—so much so, that many overlooked the other royal wedding in town: that of Eleonore von Habsburg, the Archduchess of ...

When the Alpine Endurance Team crossed the finish line at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ferdinand Habsburg secured a remarkable top-six result after 381 laps completed on one of motorsport’s most ...