There’s something a bit weird about seeing a Habsburg pop up on Twitter. If 54-year-old Eduard Habsburg’s surname seems familiar, that’s because his family ruled Austria for more than six centuries.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Almost six centuries after the Habsburg family seat was established in Vienna by the arthritic Albert the Lame, ...

The powerful Habsburg dynasty that ruled Spain for nearly 200 years came to an abrupt end in 1700 with the death of King Charles II, who left no heirs to the throne. The termination of that royal ...

The House of Habsburg occupied the throne of the Holy Roman Empire from 1438-1740. Generations of intermarriage secured the family's influence across an European empire including Spain and Austria for ...

King Charles II of Spain was the last in the Habsburg line and one of the most afflicted with the facial deformity The Habsburgs came seemingly from nowhere (but specifically from Austria) to take ...

Many of the kings and queens of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, which ruled across Europe from the 16th to the start of the 18th century, had a distinctive facial deformity: an elongated jaw that later ...

Opulent European arms and armor, works of decorative art, tapestries and celebrated Old Master paintings ― all hailing from the former imperial and royal court of Vienna ― have landed at the National ...

The French aren’t having a great jewelry year, but the Austrians, on the other hand, can count on ending 2025 on a glittering ...