The End of the Habsburgs: The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy

Enduring decline of the Habsburgs is traced from Napoleon’s era through 1918, detailing royal tragedies, revolutions, abdications, and the monarchy’s collapse for readers of European history.

In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist when Francis II became Emperor of Austria. 112 years later, the Habsburg empire collapsed after the First World War after surviving many tribulations. During the year of revolutions in 1848 the much-loved but incompetent Emperor Ferdinand had abdicated in f...