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1273 The Habsburg
Dynasty begins when Rudolph of Habsburg [a region in modern
Switzerland] is elected King. He occupies Vienna in 1276, and
since then Vienna becomes the Residenzstadt (Imperial seat and
residence) of most subsequent Kings.
1353 The
future Habsburg crown prince, Rudolph IV, marries the daughter
of Karl IV of Bohemia, the Holy Roman Emperor.
Advantageous marriage becomes the pillar of expansionism for
the Habsburg Dynasty, so much so that Ovid, the writer says:
"Others make war, you, fortunate Austria, marry!"
Inter-marriages became the norm. Subsequent Rulers marry into
the royal families of Hungary, Burgandy, Spain, etc.
1529 The
Habsburg Empire expands North to Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia).
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