Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal married on 10 March 1526. This event could easily be called another ‘wedding of the century’ — though only for the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs. Through their shared grandparents, Isabella of Castile and Fernando of Aragon, the newlyweds were first cousins. While Isabella had previously declared that […]
Archduke Joseph, the seventh son of Leopold II and Maria Luisa of Spain, was born on 9 March 1776. His happy childhood in Florence among his numerous siblings provided him with an excellent education in languages, history, natural sciences, law, and ethics. His teenage years, however, were more turbulent: first because of Leopold’s accession to […]
Maria Anna of Bavaria, wife of the future Ferdinand II, died on 8 March 1616. By Habsburg standards, they were not closely related, being “only” double cousins on both their paternal and maternal sides. She was chosen as Ferdinand’s bride by his ambitious and politically active mother, herself a former Bavarian princess. Maria Anna was […]
In the mid-19th century, the beginning of March must have seemed an ominous time — at least for some members of the imperial family. On 1 and 2 March, in 1792 and 1835 respectively, two emperors — father and son, Leopold II and Francis II — passed away. It would be hard to find two […]
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