The Origins of the Habsburgs Explained 

Just a quick heads-up: You might want to take some of the details about these early counts with a grain of salt. Finding information about them wasn't always easy, and sometimes what I found was contradictory. The bigger picture should be correct though!

*Keeping up with the Habsburgs*

“Make love not war” should be their motto. They slept their way to great powers in europe

I'm a direct descendant of my grandfather.

An interesting thing to note is that the current head of the Hapsburg House, Karl Von Hapsburg, was a member of the EU Parliament for Austria for a short time from 1996-1999. His Father, Otto von Hapsburg, Charles I Son, was also a member for a twenty years between 1979-1999 for Germany. Just interesting to see that even until recently they still had a small part to play in governing Europe

The Swiss Confederaton started pretty much as a resistance movement against Habsburg overreach after they took over the lands of the Zaehringer. In the 14th and 15th century the Habsburgs were kicked out of their castle and out of Switzerland altogether.

Having a RU-vid video in 2020 just end when the content is over is almost jarring. No asking for likes/subs, no ads, no promotions. Just an explaination of the origins of the Habsburgs, nothing more and nothing less. Hopefully you'll get paid to promote things at some point, but for now this is sort of refreshing.

"Others fight wars; you, happy Austria, marry."

Marie Antoinette Queen of France was a Habsburg. Her title at birth was Archduchess of Austria, Royal Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Tuscany and Lorraine etc.

The Crimson Chin is rumored to be a Habsburg descendant. Incredible, isn't it?

Brazilian national flag is green from House of Bragança and yellow from house of Habsburg

the number of wars started by this legendary family is incredible

For all those people arguing in the comments about the term "Germany": The Holy Roman Empire originally consisted of 3 greater kingdoms: Germany ("Germanien" in German), Italy ("Reichsitalien"), and Burgundy ("Burgund"). After the later two eventually emancipated the HRE was also starter to be called "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" ("Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation"), although that term is a little misleading since lands of the HRE like Savoy, Lorraine, Carniola, Gorizia and Gradisca etc. definitely were not predominantly German. Also a lot of the Austrian lands like Bohemia, Tyrol, Styria or Carinthia were ethnically mixed. So a proper Deutschland, a large unified German national state (which in English is also called "Germany") did not exist until the Prussians founded it 1871. So the conflict is rather based on matters of translation and naming in languages of people which were not involved in the HRE. Don't let such a thing cause strife among you.

The Habsburgs-Lorraine also holds in their history the first empress of Brazil, Maria Leopoldina, a brilliant and kind woman that played a very important role in the independence of Brazil. She also was the mother of our last emperor, Dom Pedro II.

I once had to vomit in the garden of the original Habsburg castle, true story.

This was great... loved the way that your voice and the music flow together to create a pretty much perfect narrative...great job!

My grandmother always said we were illegitimate Habsburgs, but I still don't know how. She was born in the region of the Banat of Temesvar where the family had been settled for some time. My guess is some duke had the hots for a chambermaid. I wish I could find out if/how we're actually related.

I like the clean style of your visual material. it feels so sharp and on point.

This video actually taught me the origin of my friends last name - Laufenburg. Such historical significance, and so cool!! Thank you!!

Their rise to pre-eminent power in SW Germany was due to the death of the last Duke of Zahringen who had previously been the major power in the region. The Hapsburgs were the family who best capitalised on the power vacuum, their alliance with the Hohenstaufen or Swabia obviously helping them with the poser grab.

Of course the family is a descendant of Julius Caesar!

A long time ago I did a history report on this family. Boy was a lot of information left out of the research I did back in the 1990's. Thank you for a wonderful video and you got a new subscriber.

I have been curious about the Habsburg ascension to power for a while. Great video and thamks for putting it out.

Fantastic channel - gives me great inspiration to watch such fascinating history !

You forgot to distinguish between the official house of Hapsburg that ruled Spain and the holly Roman Empire until they inbreeded themselves to extinction and the modern cadet branch of Hapsburg Louren that would rule the Austrian empire and hungry until 1918.

Dona Maria Leopoldina of Austria was daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II . She was born Caroline Josepha Leopoldine Franziska Ferdinanda of Habsburg-Lorraine. She married Prince Dom Pedro of Braganza in Rio de Janeiro, then capital of Portuguese Empire. During Brazil's independence process ,she as regent played a decisive role . After the independence she was our first Empress. Her daudhter D. Maria was later Queen of Portugal . His son Dom Pedro , was later Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil, our second Emperor and our greatest ruler, remembered until nowadays.

0:40 Maria Leopoldina of Austria (22 January 1797 - 11 December 1826) the archduchess of Austria, Empress consort of Brazil and Queen consort of Portugal, counts for Brazil.

*_A touching story of the Habs and the Habnachts_*

I'm a descendant of Elisabeth Von Habsburg (b. 1436) who married a Polish/Lithuanian king and had a daughter who married a Hohenzollern Margrave (who I'm also descended from...)

I'm watching this video today, Christmas Eve, after appear in my recommendations. And I'm really glad for this. The video is awesome. I don't know explain why, but the "atmosphere" of this Christian day "match" with the historical subject of the video.

Very interesting video. Thank you for the upload.

The Battle on the Marchfeld (Ottokar vs Rudolph) was one of the moments in European history that could have changed almost everything. If Rudolph lost (and maybe died) Habsburgs would probably never come to real power, Austrian empire and Austria-Hungary would never exist, instead, it would be the Ottokars dynasty of Premyslid who would become a great european power.

Man I love it, I just love to learn these things. Great job!

Thanks for such a clear exposition of an obscure and convoluted topic. Interesting that the Hapsburg's eventually lost control of the provinces along the Rhine and the Black Forest; Alsace; Baden and Wurtemmburg. Surprised you didn't mention that the younger brother Rudolph who inherited eastern Switzerland is the one from the William Tell story and that the core of modern Switzerland is from the cantons he ruled, but successfully revolted against him.

Excellent documentary!

An excellent content with very hastened voice and speech...

Thank you. Excellent Presentation!!

People: Why did Austria not have a colonial empire? Habsburg Spain: Am I a joke to you?

The oldest use of the Double Headed Eagle sigil, that I'm aware of, is from the Hittites I believe. It is a symbol of divine kingship and authority over the east and west. The oldest megalithic sites in the world (Gobekli Tepe 10,000-12,000 BCE) above water are in Turkey as well. Some say the area of present day Turkey, Syria, Israel/Palestine, Armenia (Mt. Arrarat) is where the new world was reborn after the destruction of the old world. All the European, Russian, and Vatican Monarchies or rulers use this insignia as well as its use in Freemasonry.

In essence, it could be said that the beginning of a highly successful ruling career for the Habsburg dynasty was due to one unwanted "Kickstarter", which happened at the expense of one at that time already a powerful dynasty, that found itself surrounded by its larger enemies and eventually lost... **sad Přemyslid noises**

These videos are amazing 5 out 5

Last time I was this early, people were arguing about how best to palindrome the day Otto II died.

Great video man,keep doing your thing! Also sub'd

Some suggestions : kingdoms of two sicilies, Charles X of France, Portuguese empire, last king of Portugal, restoration of the bourbon dynasty,

1918 was a sad day... I yearn to experience the times of glory, splendor and pride. My parents never got the chance. They were born in Socialist Yugoslavia and fed lies by the communist party that nothing greater came for Slovenes before them. Even after our independence, the corruption left behind by communism has left the country an absolute judicial mess and marking anything that is not post-1945 as far-right. We need to revive the reverence for the people of whom we have been a part for more than 600 years.

Fantastic video! I love Austrian Habsburg history.

Not forgetting that in 1914 it was the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, and at times they even had parts of South America in their hands, the first Empire where the Sun never set? There were 7 different languages in that Army, and now Austria is very small and I think most of them like it that way.

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The greatness of the Habsburg was that they would welcome everyone in their kingdom. Around the middle of the 16th century, the poet Wolfgang Schmeltzl compared Vienna to Babel - a tangle of languages in the whole city. Of course, during monarchy in Europe, there was no such thing as unemployment pay, housing benefit, child allowance, etc. People who migrated to other places knew that without first-class professional training I cannot move to a city like Vienna and make a living there.

I dont think it's a coincidence you uploaded this on Valentine's day

Funny, but here in Hungary we still have several "monarchists", who want to crowning the actual Habsburg Crown Prince! 😀

Great video, I was literally just reading a book about them

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I would love a follow up video or further family tree

i love this video

I have descent from the Von Babenburgs, who ruled Austria before the Habsburgs. Somewhere in the line, the two families married, and from around 1600 on, the Habsburgs had Babenburg blood as well.

Gott erhalte,Gott beschütze.

Could you do the last sultan of the ottoman empire

Great video! Perhaps a video about Antiochus the Great next time? I would love to watch a video about Korean monarchs and their interactions with the court too.

0:26 Charles the good(Charles I of Austria, Charles IV of Hungary) organized 2 coup’d etat in 1921 to regain his throne. On his second attempt he was beaten by an army of volunteers and college students led by Miklós Horthy, governor regent of Hungary. This created the legal paradox of a Regent (elected by parliament and NOT approved by the King) formally dethroning the House of Habsburg(the fourth time throughout the history of Habsburg rule in Hungary) creating a kingless monarchy. Furthermore since Horthy was an officer of the Austo-Hungarian Royal Navy but with the creation of Yugoslavia in 1918 the monarchy became landlocked leading to the situation where Hungary was led by a shipless admiral of a non-existent Royal navy in a kingless kingdom. God I love politics.

I just learned the other day that Counts were the rulers of territory at the borders of kingdoms. Duke were rulers of territories right by the king or main castle.

Thank you for sharing all this research. Yes, royals trace their origins back to Egypt and Troy; they seem to make a really big deal out of it.

Thank the algorithm I found this channel. Amazing videos!

this is great i love you

I was interested on a video digging into the origins of the Habsburgs, and how they managed to rise to the emperor's rank and so forth, instead of merely focusing on their more recent hold on Austria as an empire in itself. These videos are precious for how they fill this void most of edutainment channels in television on these topics don't probably due to a laziness to this day dominant.

Please do one on Romanovs!

As someone who (so it turned out) has some Habsburg blood somewhere among my blood cells (like hundreds of thousands of others, I guess), I must say that this fascination about royalty nowadays which is more than historical (which is always great - hey, that's why I'm here) is troubling. A video like this comes to show that like every other royalty in history, they all began somewhere, and before that they were just people. Everything is luck - some people had more luck in history than others. No such thing "touched by god", they are/were people, same human DNA, same capacity for reasoning (and tons of mistakes), I can't understand people who want to be ruled by others because of their "royal" blood.

Enjoyed this video. Any information on whom was the first of the family to have the Habsburg Jaw?

Good video

7:07 the Dutch province of Flevoland is grey, not yellow, because it was created in the 20th century and therefor never a part of the HRE, nice detail!

When you say Julius Caesar you show a statue of Octavian Augustus.

0:40 Spain? is that you buddy?

What is the picture at 9:53?

Fuck yea another history RU-vidr with a solid mic

Who was the first persons name recorded first hand?

5:49 Waldstätte -> is in this conext “forest cantons”, so not cities but cantons of Schwyz, Uri, Unterwalden, Luzern. These cantons surround the lake Lucerne also known as Vierwaldstättersee (the lake of four forest cantons). But otherwise great video 👌

0:40= what kind of map is that " possetion of the Hasbourgs ‽ Any documantions of this map ? Thanks

9:45: So the Thirty Years' War wasn't a disturbance to the Habsburg rule? And it didn't cause the Empire to be de facto almost dissoluted, even though on paper in continued to exist until Napoleon?

Where is the place of the picture at the end of the video taken??

A few pronunciation flaws. Alsace should be pronounced als Al-sas. The second 'a' pronounced as the 'a' from "Habsburg". Diet should be pronounced as Deet. The "ie" is not a double vowl but an elongated one (due to old North European spelling and pronunciation rules). Furthermore? OUTSTANDING! Not a single flaw! And very well presented (and edited). Tops!

Excuse me but the picture on 1:49 has piqued my interest. I know that it is from a book. can i know from which book is it? @Kings and Things

It gets interesting about 1330 with Ludwig the Bayer or Bavarian, his Mother was a Habsburg whilst being a Wittelsbach himself, also a Duke. But after sharing Bavaria with Frederick the Handsome, a Habsburg, defeated him in a battle and became the Holy Roman Emperor, he was also King of Italy, imagine getting out of bed and wondering who you are today? He built the Abbey at Ettal near Oberammergau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Through the Jacobian line the Wittelsbach family have a better claim to the UK Crown than the Windsors!

@1:15 That's a statue of Augustus, not Julius Caesar.

Kudos

Note : The Valois, Bourbons,etc are all Capet branches. Itself being the Frankish Line of the Robertians that existed since the Era of the Merovingiens. :)

Nice record of the Habsburg origins. What I missed is, that this house is extinct. The last Habsburg was Charles VI. who had no male hear. Therefore his daughter took the power while fighting the war over the Austrian heritage. She married Francis, duke of Lorraine from the house Lorraine. This is an old french nobility house which has origins in house Ardennes-Metz, north east of France. So Habsburg rule ended by 1780 and since than its basically a branch of house Lorraine (Lothringen). ;-)

There are sources (Proceedings: Veneti in the ethnogenesis of the Central European population) that write about the arrival of the ancestors of all our neighbors in the original Slovenian territories. Also for most of Macedonia's neighbors. Sources at the time (Older Slovene Ethnogenesis) write that the ancestors of the Slovenes were here and that they were also called the Veneti. There are data that show that part of the ancestors of today's Slovenes came from the southeast, where they were the original inhabitants. Genetic data show that Slovenians are a mixture mainly of three genetic sources, both male and female, and that our first ancestors were here at least 40,000 years ago, if not much earlier. This shows that the ancestors of Slovenes have lived in Central Europe for thousands of years. There is more and more data showing that older forms of Indo-European languages ​​are more similar to Slovene than younger forms. The Kentum Indo-European languages ​​evolved from the Satem ones and not the other way around. These changes did not take place as their internal development but as interactions with other language groups. This was followed by the influences of the dominance of the kentum groups thus formed over some of the Satem groups. From this follows a new division of Indo-European languages ​​into "central" Satem and "peripheral" Kentum. It seems that agriculture was developed by Proto-Slovenian hunters, gatherers, fishermen and other pre-agricultural factors. This proto-Slavic phenomenon is manifested not only in the current Slovenian territories, but also in Asia Minor, in the Levant. Proto-Slavs once had a strong linguistic influence across Europe from the British Isles to Anatolia, from the Baltic to the Apennine Peninsula, and in Western Europe. Proto-Slovenian domination was later replaced by "Celtic", Greek, Roman and Germanic.

Ottomans and habsburgs fought for centuries and in the end they became allies

those people being in power foreever its like imagening the infinity of the universe one cannot contian

Nice

Awesome folks 😁

Interesting

They interbred with other Royals around their Empire to keep there dynasty under family control. Marrying cousins and so on to keep the Royal bloodline. But in doing so they ended up having some deformities like the Habsburg jaw.

Wait there is no partition like ck3??

1:55 how do you spell that?

Bourbons?

Let’s hear about the House of Hanover!

The Hungarian King's huge army has won the Battle of Marchfeld in 1278 for Rudolph. Without the Hungarian King's alliance and help, the Habsburgs would have been defeated and lost.

The Bourbons please.

My mom and I are Related to the Habsburgs distantly through maria Theresa