The Toscanagruft was built in 1842, along with Ferdinand’s Vault. At that time there were 85 bodies plus the heart urns of three other persons in the five vaults of the crypt. The Tuscan Vault once held many more than the present 14 tombs, but most were moved to the New Vault or enclosed within the piers of Ferdinand’s Vault during the major rearrangement of 1960. The 5-meter wide vault is very large, being 21 meters long, and extends along the entire western lengths of both Ferdinand's Vault and Franz’s Vault, ending only when it meets the out ...

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Imperial Crypt Vaults, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Founders' Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Leopold's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Children's Columbarium, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Main Hall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Karl's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Maria Theresa's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Franz's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Ferdinand's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Main Hall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the southwest pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the southeast pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the northwest pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the northeast pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Tuscan Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The New Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - West Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - South Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - North Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - East Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Franz Joseph's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Crypt Chapel, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Selected Other Habsburgs

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List of people on stamps of Austria - A. Rudolf von Alt (1932) Albrecht Altdorfer (1965) Friedrich von Amerling (1948) Peter Anich (1966) Ludwig Anzengruber (1931) Ferdinand vor Arlt (1937) Leopold Auenbregger von Auenbrugg (1937) Marco d'Aviano (1933) List of people on stamps of Austria - B. Hermann Bahr (1963) Ludwig van Beethoven (1922) Bernardo Bellotto (1964)See also:

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All later generations of the Italian branch descend from Fulco d'Este. From 1171 on, his descendants were titled Margraves of Este. Obizzo I (d. 1193), the first margrave, battled against Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. His nephew Azzo d'Este VI (1170-1212) became podesta of Mantova and Verona. Ferrara was acquired by his son Azzo VII (1205-1264). Obizzo II (d. 1293) was proclaimed Lord of Ferrara in 1264, Lord of Modena 1288 and Lord of Reggio 1289. Ferrara being a papal fief, the Este famil ...

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Note: The exact course of events was never firmly established, mostly due to inconsistent stories of witnesses. The seven conspirators were inexperienced with weapons, and it was only due to an extraordinary set of coincidences that they were successful. At 10:15 the parade of 6 cars passed the first member of the group, Mehmedbašić, who attempted to shoot from an upstairs window, but couldn't get a clear shot and decided to hold fire so as not to jeopardize the mission by alerting the authorities. The second member, Nedeljko ...

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By 1908 the seven vaults of the crypt already held 129 bodies, plus the heart urns of another 3 persons. In that year the Franz Josephs Gruft was built, along with the adjacent Chapel, as part of the celebrations of Emperor Franz Josef's142 60 years on the throne. The vault is usually entered from the north wall in the rear, through the southeast door of the New Vault. From the foot of the tombs, left to right: 143 Empress Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi" ...

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Social Democratic Party of Austria - From the beginnings until 1918. Socialist worker movements and associations started building already in the mid 1800's. The first meeting took place in 1874 in Neudörfl in Burgenland. In the following years there was factual infighting and the party split into moderate and anarchistic factions. It was united in 1889 as Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs (SDAPÖ), especially through the work of Doctor Victor Adler. At the party congress in Hainfeld, the par ...

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Habsburg - Spanish Habsburgs: Kings of Spain Kings of Portugal 1580-1640. See also: Portuguese House of Habsburg Philip I of Castile, second son of Maximilian I, founded the Spanish Habsburgs in 1506 by marrying Joanna the Mad, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella. Philip promptly died, leaving the thrones of Castile and Aragon to be inherited and united into the nation of Spain by his son: Charles I 1516-1556, aka Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; converdivided the House into Austrian ...

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Some historians have seen Karl as a brave and honourable figure who tried as emperor-king to halt World War I. Helmut Rumpler, head of the Habsburg commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has described Karl as "a dilettante, far too weak for the challenges facing him, out of his depth, and not really a politician." [2] Karl I of Austria - Beatification. Karl has been solemnly declared blessed in the ceremony of beatification by the Roman Catholic Church. The cause or campaign began in 1949 w ...

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The Leopoldsgruft was built under the nave of the church above, beginning in 1657 by Emperor Leopold I,37 following the edict of his father Emperor Ferdinand III27 that the hereditary burial place of the imperial family would be in this church. Considering that Leopold contributed his three wives and 16 of his children -- plus himself -- to the population of the crypt, it was inevitable that other vaults would be needed soon. Impe ...

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Beethoven had few students. From 1801 to 1805, he tutored Ferdinand Ries, who would go on to become a composer and later published a book about their encounters, Beethoven remembered. Carl Czerny was taught by Beethoven from 1801 to 1803. He went on to become a renowned music teacher himself, taking on Franz Liszt as one of his students. He also gave the Vienna premiere of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" in 1812. In 1803 or 1804, Archduke Rudolph, youngest son of Emperor Leopold II, began to study piano and co ...

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Graz was originally the site of a Roman fort. Later a small castle was built here by the Slovenians, which in time became a heavily defended fortification. 'Gradec' literally means "small castle" in Slovenian. The German name 'Graz' was first used in 1128, and during this time dukes under Babenberg rule made the town into an important commercial center. Later Graz came under the rule of the Habsburgs, and in 1281 gained special ...

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1914 in rail transport - December births. December 16 - O. Winston Link, American photographer who documented the end of steam locomotive use on the Norfolk and Western Railway in the 1950s (d. 2001). 1914 in rail transport - Unknown date births. Benjamin W. Heineman, president of the Chicago and North Western Railway. ...

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The Gruftkapelle was built, along with Franz Joseph’s Vault, in 1908. It is usually entered from the south doorway of Franz Joseph's Vault. It contains one sarcophagus: As one enters, to the right extending from the west wall: 147 Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1892 - 1989) →Family Tree Wife (1911) of Emperor Karl Ix887 of Austria. The hearts of this couple are in the crypt of the Loretto Chapel of the ...

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Imperial Crypt Vaults, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Founders' Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Leopold's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Children's Columbarium, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Main Hall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Karl's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Maria Theresa's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Franz's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Ferdinand's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Main Hall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the southwest pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the southeast pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the northwest pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the northeast pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Tuscan Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The New Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - West Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - South Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - North Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - East Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Franz Joseph's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Crypt Chapel, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Selected Other Habsburgs

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The novel was very well received by literary critics. It was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Novel and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and the Arts and Letters Award. Fredric Jameson's 'Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism' (1991 Duke Uni Press) devotes 5 pages to Doctorow's 'Ragtime' in illustrating the crisis of historiography and a resistance to interpretation. ...

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All later generations of the Italian branch descend from Fulco d'Este. From 1171 on, his descendants were titled Margraves of Este. Obizzo I (d. 1193), the first margrave, battled against Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. His nephew Azzo d'Este VI (1170-1212) became podestà of Mantova and Verona. In 1146 with the last of the Adelardi Ferrara passed as the dowry of his niece the Marchesella, to Azzo VI d'Este. Azzo VII Novello was nominated podestà for his lifetime in 1242. The lordship of Ferrara was made hereditary by Obizzo I ...

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Este, Este - Origins, Este - Younger branch, Este - External link

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Literature's most famous carte blanche (literally 'white card') was handed out by Cardinal Richelieu in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers: Dec. 3, 1627 It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done. Richelieu or in French: 3 décembre 1627. C'est par mon ordre et pour le bien de l'Etat que le porteur du pr ...

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In economics, the term blank check company can refer to a company in development that has no specific business plan yet. However, the term usually applies to a shell company with little or no employees, little or no physical assets, and no products whose business plan is to merge with or acquire some unidentified company or companies. (For example: Fortress America) These very small companies typically involve speculative investments and often fall within the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s definition ...

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1917: (The events of Castlevania: Bloodlines) Twenty-years (according to the manual of the game) after the death of Quincey Morris, a witch practicing dark magic delves into the dark arts and revives Elizabeth Bartley, the niece of Dracula. The vampiress, once raised from the underworld, uses her powerful magic to plunge the already war-torn landscape into darkness, and, in turn, revives her uncle Dracula. Not about to allow his father's death to be in vain, John Morris, along with his childhood friend Eric Lecarde, sets ...

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Castlevania timeline, Castlevania timeline - 11th Century, Castlevania timeline - 12th-14th Centuries, Castlevania timeline - 15th Century, Castlevania timeline - 16th Century, Castlevania timeline - 17th Century, Castlevania timeline - 18th Century, Castlevania timeline - 19th Century, Castlevania timeline - 20th Century, Castlevania timeline - 21st Century

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Main article: Concentration camp Theresienstadt During WWII, the Gestapo used Terezín as a concentration camp. About 144,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt, and about 33,000 of them died there, mostly because of the appalling conditions (hunger, stress, disease, and the typhus epidemic at the very end of the war). About 88,000 were deported to Auschwitz and other extermination camps. W ...

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In 1824 the four vaults of the Imperial Crypt held 78 bodies and urns containing the hearts of three other persons. In that year Emperor Franz II57 built the octagonal Franzensgruft, attaching it to the right wing of Maria Theresa’s Vault. It is in the Biedermeier style, as are the five tombs within it. In the center: 57 Emperor Franz II (Florence 12 February 1768 - Vienna 2 March 1835) →Family Tree Eldest son of Emperor Leopold ...

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Imperial Crypt Vaults, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Founders' Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Leopold's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Children's Columbarium, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Main Hall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Karl's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Maria Theresa's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Franz's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Ferdinand's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Main Hall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the southwest pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the southeast pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the northwest pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the northeast pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Tuscan Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The New Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - West Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - South Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - North Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - East Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Franz Joseph's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Crypt Chapel, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Selected Other Habsburgs

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During interrogation, Princip, Čabrinović and all the others maintained their vow of silence. The authorities thought the imprisonment would be arbitrary, until one member, Danilo Ilic, lost his patience and told the authorities everything, including the fact that the guns were supplied by the Serb government. Austria-Hungary blamed the government of Serbia for the assassination and issued an unrealistic ultimatum, which was known as the July Ultimatum. Austria-Hungary insisted that Serbia had to accept all of the conditions. ...

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Austria began as a small duchy and was later elevated to an archduchy. The house of Babenberg and later the Habsburg dynasty were the dukes and later archdukes of this fiefdom. After the death of the last Babenberg duke, Frederick II in 1246, King Ottokar II of Bohemia took over for a while. He was, however, defeated by Rudolf of Habsburg in 1278, with the help of his sons Albert and Rudolf. Rudolf was eventually elected King of Germany. The enthronement ceremony of the new Archduke of Austria was not an actual coronation, but more a ceremon ...

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Austrian Crown Jewels, Austrian Crown Jewels - The insignia of the Austrian hereditary homage, Austrian Crown Jewels - The Empire of Austria, Austrian Crown Jewels - The Habsburg-Lorraine Household Treasure, Austrian Crown Jewels - The Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Crown Jewels - The Burgundian Inheritance and the Order of the Golden Fleece, Austrian Crown Jewels - The Ecclesiastical Treasury

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