Habsburg Monarchy

 Inbreeding is practiced for many different reasons including royalty, religion, culture, socioeconomic class, geographic isolation, and small populations. Possibly the most dramatic instance of incest for reasons of royalty was within Habsburg Dynasty. The Habsburg Dynasty was one of the most powerful dynasties in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, beginning in the early 12th century. The group controlled huge portions of Europe including Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, France, and Spain, maintaining

At the start of the attack, the Spanish Armada made way towards England, but word traveled fast about their location. When Spain’s Armada came into view, there were men off of the coast of England and Wales ready to make haste to give word of where the Spanish are. In order to spread word of the arrival, the men lit beacons that sent word to other positions until it finally reached the Queen (Sharnette). Due to the help also from spies, Queen Elizabeth was able to have inside information about the

The House of Habsburgs also known as the house of Austria was one royal house that had a great influence in Europe. The House of Habsburgs continuously ruled over the Holy Roman throne from around 1438 to around 1740. The house also produced kings and emperors for other kingdoms like the kingdom of Germany, England and France. The house was split in the 16th century following the rule of King Charles V, it was split into Austrian and Danish branches where there were no close relationships between

Catholics and Protestants in Germany, it quickly expanded into a larger conflict over the thirst for power within all of these countries. This struggle was prolonged by the conflict by the rivalry with the French Bourbons and the Austro-Spanish Habsburgs. This war resulted in political, diplomatic, and religious ways that created a shift in powers in Central Europe for many years to come. The Thirty Years War came about as a direct result of differences between religious groups in Germany. The initial

Ultimately, Maximilian's grandson, Emperor Charles V (ruled 1519–1558; ruled Spain 1516–1556 as Charles II), was to succeed to the Habsburg, Burgundian, Aragonese, and Castilian inheritances, creating a formal rival to the Valois dynasty of France and ensuring that the wars are known as the Habsburg-Valois

May 13, 1717 and was the second child and eldest daughter of Charles VI, who was the Holy Roman Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and his wife, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Since Charles VI was the last remaining male heir to the Habsburg throne as his only son and sole male heir and Maria Theresa eldest brother died shortly before Maria was born. So Charles VI reformed the Salic Law, which prevented any heir who were female to succeed her father as Charles VI feared that he might

Origin of the empire In 1504, Queen Isabella died, King Ferdinand ruled Isabella’s side of Spain with their eldest surviving child Joanna of Castile, who also known as “The mad”. In 1516, Ferdinand’s death led to a new chapter of Spain, Joanna and Phillip I’s son Charles ruled the Spanish empire and created the Holy Roman Empire. In 1556, he stepped down and passed the Holy Roman Empire to his brother, Ferdinand. The Spanish empire to his only surviving son Phillip II who after a succession crisis

Sophie Germain was born April 1st of 1776, an era of revolution. The American Revolution began around the year of her birth. Then thirteen years passed when the French Revolution began in her own country. In many ways Sophie personified the spirit of revolution into which she was born. She was a middle class female who went against the wishes of her family and the social prejudices of the time to become a highly recognized mathematician. Like the member of a revolution, her life was full of determination

The crown indicates that Queen Elizabeth comes from a family of royalty and with royalty comes with power. It also shows confirmation of Queen Elizabeth’s powerful position as monarchy. The crown is utilizes that she is capable of having power to lead her country and being a leader for her country. The crown is another object that represents that she has power because she has all the resources she needs to do that. Lastly, the

Philip II was the king of Spain when he acquired it from his father Charles V. His father decided to was too hard to control all of the land. He gave Philip II Spain and Ferdinand the Holy Roman Empire. Philip II ruled Spain with his father’s influence. He had the same desire to strengthen the power of the Catholic Church. But Spain had many economic problems that weighed the nation down. The policies that Philip II made were focused on making other countries Catholic nations, and those policies