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The Austro-Hungarian Empire and its Legacy

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Franz Joseph's Compromise

One late spring day a treaty was signed (The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867) which would seal the fate of Europe through two World Wars. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria became also the King of Hungary.

The two halves of the new empire would be ruled separately by the Habsburg monarch, through their own governments. Franz Joseph himself would run the military, foreign policy and customs.

The rest, they say, is history...

Prelude to the Dual Monarchy

The Austro-Hungarian [single] Monarchy was created by the union of the Germanic, Slavonic, and Hungarian provinces which [lay] within its territory. This union took place in 1526. Upon the death of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia at the battle of Mohács, in that year. Bohemia and Hungary were united to the Austrian possessions of Ferdinand I, of the Hapsburg family.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
The European monarchy whose dominions [had] for their main life-distributing artery the River Danube, in its course from Engelhartszell, near Passau, to Orsova. South of the Danube [lay] the Austrian Alpine provinces and the provinces of Carinthia and Carnola; north of the Danube [were] the Carpathian and Sudetic provinces.
House of Habsburg =
The House of Habsburg, genealogical charts and "king-lists" from 1218 to 1918 (The first documented use of the name by the dynasty itself has been traced to the year 1108)

The Dual Monarchy

The Fall of the House of Habsburg

Although our story begins in 1867 with the creation of the Dual Monarchy, this was only the final stage in the annals of the Habsburgs. Beginning from a small castle in present-day Switzerland (Habitschburg or "The Castle of the Hawks") the Habsburgs ruled increasing parts of Europe since 1278!
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Successor States

Immediate Successor States

Yugoslavia was not really an immediate successor state: the first successor was the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which joined with the Kingdom of Serbia on 1 December 1918 to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. This later became the core of Yugoslavia.
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Empire of Austria - Current Successor States

Where a state is shown as a component/successor of both the Empire of Austria (this list) and the Kingdom of Hungary (next list) it is because the territory of the present country was originally partly in the Empire and partly in the Kingdom.
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Kingdom of Hungary - Current Successor States

(see note at Empire of Austria about duplication of split states)

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  • JaguarJulie Sep 30, 2008 @ 4:41 pm | delete
    Another great informational lens! Welcome to the Everything Eastern European group.
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