habsburg alliance

The Bonaparte-Habsburg Entente between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire is seen as one of the most consequential military alliance of the 19th century. It helped to form a lasting peace in most of Western and Central Europe in addition to the Balkans with its role in shaping the modern...

Apparently, Shah Suleiman Mirza of the Persian Safavid Empire was aware of the massive setbacks being put upon the Ottoman Empire in Europe in the aftermath of the Battle of Vienna (1683). However, he declined to participate in the war by the side of the Holy Alliance, under the impression that...

A few days ago, I came across the tidbit of information that when Leopold I was widowed for the second time, the clarion call went out to the courts of Europe looking for a new empress. There were five ladies who made the running. His OTL third wife (Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg), two...

Background: Tensions had been rising between the newly unified power of Italy, and the Sick man of Europe, the Ottoman empire. Libya, a Turkish position, lay in the sphere of influence of the Italians. The Ottomans African lands had been receding from the French, and British, till there was...

What if emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (notable for his seizures and his abdication in favour of Franz Josef) and Maria Anna of Savoy, sixth child of Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy, had a son or more together, around the 1830's?

What if the Habsburg faction in the continent-wide struggle for Spain's throne after Carlos II's death had somehow won in the end? What are the overall effects on Europe? In my view, Britain was as wary of a surgent France (as per OTL) as of a resurgent Habsburg hegemony. Thus, i could...

IDK if anyone has asked this before but here goes. From 1507 to 1514 Princess Mary Tudor (daughter of Henry VII and sister of Henry VIII) was betrothed to the future Emperor Charles V. In fact the marriage was scheduled to happen in May 1514 before Henry VIII, angry at what he considered...

What's the best PoD out there for both the Habsburg and Bourbon royal houses (and the countries they control) to become allies, with the condition that it lasts past a single major war? Is such an alliance feasible in the long term? Would the 18th century be the most likely context for this...