#austrian empire

[ripstefano]

"...the Austrian army ... carried most of the burden of the war on land. Though repeatedly defeated, it always rose again..." 

Just some more Austrian Empire uniforms.

From "The Austro-Hungarian Army of the Napoleonic Wars"

[illustratus]

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

[royalty-nobility]

Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740), When Archduke Charles

Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller (German-born British, 1646-1723)

Date: c. 1704-1705

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, London, United Kingdom

Description

Charles VI (German: Karl; Latin: Carolus; 1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain following the death of his relative, Charles II. In 1708, he married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, by whom he had his four children: Leopold Johann (who died in infancy), Maria Theresa, Maria Anna (Governess of the Austrian Netherlands), and Maria Amalia (who also died in infancy).

This portrait was probably painted in the Winter of 1703-4 when the sitter was in England prior to his sailing for Spain with a Royal Naval escort. After the death of Charles II of Spain (1661-1700) the Archduke Charles was Britain's favoured candidate to succeed him in order to prevent a Bourbon claimant that would effectively unite the Spanish and French thrones. In 1711 the Archduke Charles inherited the Holy Roman Empire and was crowned Charles VI; his candidature thus threatened a unification of the German and Spanish crowns, an outcome deemed by the British to be equally disruptive. After this British enthusiasm for the whole matter cooled.

[barbucomedie]

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

[wandering-cemeteries]

Tomb of Kaiser Karl VI. The rulers of the Austrian empire were all entombed in elaborate sarcophagi like the one above in a crypt in a Capuchin monastery.

Vienna, Austria

Feb. 2023

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

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

[enlitment]

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~

[mightbetheholysee]

Fancy Austrian Empire sketch, aw yeah 👍

[coolstrangerwhispers]

The austrian tragedy

The day after the tragedy, Elisabeth and Franz Joseph learned from their personal physician that their son Rudolf and his lover Mary had been shot in the head. Mary lay on the bed with a rose between her hands, while Rudolf was beside her with a revolver on the floor. Devastated, Elisabeth exclaimed that "Great Jehovah is terrible as He marches onward sowing destruction like a storm." That night at dinner, she lost her composure and sobbed in front of Rudolf’s widow, Stéphanie, and their five-year-old daughter, Elisabeth. Later, she blamed Stéphanie, saying that if Rudolf had had a different wife who understood him, things might have turned out otherwise.

A few days after Rudolf’s burial, Elisabeth attempted to contact his spirit in the crypt to uncover the reasons for his suicide, but she failed. This fueled more gossip in Vienna and marked a breaking point in her faith, as she confessed to her daughter Marie Valerie: "Rudolf’s bullet killed my faith." From then on, she envied her son’s death and longed for her own, giving away all her light-colored gowns and wearing only mourning attire for the rest of her life.

“Mama will probably never again be as she was at one time; she envies Rudolf his death, and day and night longes for her own.”

Initially, Elisabeth informed Marie Valerie, who assumed Rudolf had taken his own life, though Elisabeth resisted this, suggesting Mary had poisoned him. When she told Stéphanie, the latter faced a painful interrogation from the emperors, feeling judged as an unfaithful wife. Though Elisabeth remained composed in the days following her son’s death, she soon fell apart, consumed by self-reproach and attributing Rudolf’s "mental confusion" to the Wittelsbach bloodline. This drew criticism from the court, where she was blamed for neglecting her duties, with some asserting that her selfishness contributed to the catastrophe.

“This time, the empress of this land bears the main blame. If she had thought less about herself and more about her duties, this recent catastrophe would not have occurred.” - Countess of Jonghe.

Source: The Reluctant Empress by Birgitte Hamann & History of Royal women

[historical-beauty-lily]

The Empress / Die Kaiserin (2022- )

[cedyat]

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

[ripstefano]

Napoleonic Austrian Cavalry Uniforms

Not much to say, always found it funny their heavy cavalry only had a half front plate because they figured they wouldn’t be hit from back there in a fight. Sure made reforming them simpler after all their loses in the early/mid war.

[illustratus]

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

[royalty-nobility]

Emperor Charles VI. (1685-1740) in the Vliesornat

Artist: Jacob van Schuppen (French, 1670-1751)

Date: 1730

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Kunst Historisches Museum Vienna, Austria

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles VI (German: Karl; Latin: Carolus; 1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain following the death of his relative, Charles II. In 1708, he married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, by whom he had his four children: Leopold Johann (who died in infancy), Maria Theresa, Maria Anna (Governess of the Austrian Netherlands), and Maria Amalia (who also died in infancy).

[bantarleton]

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

[dreamconsumer]

Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria. Unknown artist.