Artists and statesmen alike belonged to various lodges which spread the ideas of the Enlightenment in Austria from...

Freemasons

1785

The attitude of the Habsburgs to the Revolution was initially ambivalent: Leopold II evinced sympathy with the...

The French Revolution, 1789–1799

14. Jul 1789–1799

These wars are sometimes known as the Coalition Wars because of the changing sets of allies: Russia, Holland, Spain...

The k. u. k. Hofmobilien- und Materialdepot was part of the economic machinery of the Habsburg Court and...

Vienna – Hofmobiliendepot

1793–1914

Domitila (or Tilia, as she was also called) was introduced to Pedro in September 1822 for a flirtation whilst...
Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo

* 27. Dec 1797, † 03. Nov 1867

Crown Prince Pedro of Bragança was a lively child who was adept at evading the attempts of his tutors to educate him...
Pedro I of Brazil
Emperor
1822–1831

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