Habsburg

Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe.

Habsburgs as Queens Consort of France

From the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, the greatest non-Habsburg power in Europe was usually France. As a result, in usually futile attempts to either unite Europe under the Habsburg family or to prevent French enmity, Habsburg daughters were wed to successive kings of France.

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Austrian Habsburgs

• Elisabeth of Austria (1554 - 1592), wife of King Charles IX of France

Spanish Habsburgs

• Anne of Austria, infanta of Spain, (1601 - 1666), wife of King Louis XIII
• Maria Theresa of Spain (1638 - 1683), wife of King Louis XIV

Habsburg-Lorraine

• Marie Antoinette (1755 - 1793), wife of King Louis XVI