He added that some of the discovered items, such as rings, may have been worn by the rulers while they were alive—for example, the rings of Barbara Radziwiłł and Elizabeth Habsburg.
The outlook was no better on the international stage. No sooner had Maria Theresa assumed the throne than Frederick the Great ...
There are more than a dozen other statues in the hall of Austrian dukes and Habsburg rulers, by the Strudel brothers (one of whom, Paul Strudel, also worked on Vienna's Plague Column or Trinity ...
Under the supervision of Maria Theresa (the only female Habsburg ruler), Schönbrunn evolved into an expansive paradise with ornate rooms and vast elaborate gardens comparable to King Louis XIV of ...
Schonbrunn Palace was mainly used as a summer residence by successive Habsburg dynasty rulers. Along with its gardens, the castle is listed as a World Cultural Heritage site. City officials ...