#Austrian empire

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The Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December 1805 by François Gérard

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Captain's Uniform of the Chevauxleger Regiment No. 6 from the Austrian Empire dated from 1848 on display at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna, Austria

Photographs taken by myself 2022

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The Balkans divided between the Ottoman Empire and the Austrian Empire, 1815−59.

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1904 Austrian postcard of the market square in Busk, Ukraine.

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Portrait of town major field-marshal lieutenant Ludwig Reitz-Brachelli (1854-1937) (1911)

Jacques Sternfeld (Austrian, 1874-1934)

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Huge shout-out to my friend who lets me indulge my hyperfixations and somehow managed to track down a photo of my old high school history notes on the French revolution??

Some higlights!

Headline: The Impact of the French Revolution (on the Czech Lands) (which was part of the Austrian Empire back then, making it just a bit more spicy)

After the fall of the Bastille in 1780, the revolution gains traction, making Austrian authorities uneasy

Leopold II. (Austrian emperor) knows it is important to filter the news getting to Austria from France

The news about the revolution are apparently more censored in Czech-language newspaper than the German ones, since the Czechs were known to rebel against authorities (kind of a "don't want to give them any ideas" type of situation") -> this meant that Czechs who spoke German would have had better access to the news about the French Revolution

The French Revolution would have more support in the Czech intellectual circles, compared to the countryside

a first disinformation campaign was launched in the Austrian newspaper, focused on making the French Revolution look as bad as possible (designed to protect the "traditional regime = the right solution" narrative)

This was contrasted with the experiences of real French people brought to the Czech lands by French soldiers (e. g. during the Napoleonic Wars - the Battle of Austerlitz, arguably the most important battle on our territory)

it also says that the French army was apparently viewed largely positively by Czech people and that the soldiers generally behaved quite decently? (I guess there's a really low bar for a behaviour of a foreign army but still. This surprised me, definitely not something I remembered from my class!)

After the ideas of the French Revolution spread to our country, it influenced the intellectual climate and made people rethink the status quo under the Austrian rule

last point (in all caps for some reason lol): FIRST RECORDER TIME IN WHICH THE STATE USED A DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN, trying to paint France in a bad light

you also get to witness my horrible handwriting I guess~

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Portrait of Emperor Franz I of Austria

Artist: Leopold Kupelwieser (Austrian, 1796–1862)

Date: About 1830

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Military History Museum, Vienna, Austria

Emperor Franz I of Austria

Franz Joseph Karl (12 February 1768 in Florence; 2 March 1835 in Vienna) from the House of Habsburg-Lorraine was the last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1792 to 1806 as Franz II. In 1804 he founded the Austrian Empire, which he ruled as Franz I until his death.

In order to counter the hegemony of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Central Europe and to prevent a loss of status, he assumed the title of hereditary Emperor of Austria in 1804 , but continued to use the title of Elected Roman Emperor, at all times Increaser of the Empire , until 1806. In literature he is therefore often called Francis II/I, to distinguish him from his grandfather Francis I Stephen .

His declaration of abdication on 6 August 1806, in which he laid down "the German imperial crown and the imperial government" and released "the electors, princes and other estates, as well as all members and the imperial servants, from their previous duties", was motivated by the fear that the imperial crown could fall into French hands and that his Austrian lands in the empire could de jure come under Napoleonic rule. In fact, the empire - already only a very loose union - was broken up by the Confederation of the Rhine , founded in 1806 at Napoleon's instigation, whose princes left the empire. The abdication of the imperial crown is therefore considered confirmation of the dissolution of the empire, even if it did not constitute a corresponding legal act.

Until his death in 1835, Emperor Franz also remained King of Bohemia , Croatia and Hungary. His power base remained the Habsburg hereditary lands.

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Fancy Austrian Empire sketch, aw yeah 👍

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The Empress / Die Kaiserin (2022- )

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I'm here to bring you totally true Napoleonic history facts and stupid Simpsons jokes.

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Field Marshal Radetzky and his staff at the Battle of Novara on March 23, 1849, by Albrecht Adam.

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Third Battle of Komárom (11 July, 1849) by Albrecht Adam

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Portrait of Franz de Paula Ulrich, 3rd Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz und Tettau (c. 1760/1792) attributed Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder.

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Even though I’m currently off Tumblr for the most part, I can’t miss such a favourable opportunity, since someone unbelievably important for the European history (even not if in a positive way) has been a part of its legacy for 250 years now. 🇦🇹

Happy birthday to that cunning Austrian minister over there - refined aristocrat, perfect gentleman and a hopeless romantic deep in his heart (even though he denied it himself and was denied by many of such merit). 🥂

He may be criticised or even judged severely for many of his deeds, yet he remains an exceptionally fascinating person to be studied.

Even more so, since he would have enjoyed it himself quite a bit. ;)

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1859 Austrian stamp, marked in Busk, Ukraine.

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From the same source as the prior post, Austrian Grenadiers and Infantry 1788-1816, here are some of the uniforms in greater detail along with their accessories/weaponry.