John Graham Royde-Smith
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Associate Editor, History, Encyclopædia Britannica, London.
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House of Habsburg, royal German family, one of the principal sovereign dynasties of Europe from the 15th to the 20th century. The name Habsburg is derived from the castle of Habsburg, or Habichtsburg (“Hawk’s Castle”), built in 1020 by Werner, bishop of Strasbourg, and his brother-in-law, Count…
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