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When did the Habsburg dynasty take control of Vienna?
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Neptune's Fountain (foreground) and the Gloriette, on the grounds of Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna.
The Habsburg dynasty took control of Vienna in 1278.1
Following the death of the last male of the Babenberg family in 1246, the city fell under the control of the king of Bohemia, Otakar II. In 1276, Otakar went to war against the German king, Rudolf I of the Habsburg dynasty. When Otakar was defeated and killed in battle in 1278, the Habsburgs seized his domain, beginning a period of rule over the city that lasted for more than 600 years.1