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Crownlands of the Austrian Empire



The individual arms of the Empire ruled by the Habsburgs in the following periods:

  • Habsburg monarchy or Austrian monarchy (1526–1867).
  • Austrian Empire (1804–1867).
  • Austria-Hungary or Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918).
  • Crownlands (1849–1918): This is the name of all the individual parts of the Austrian Empire (since 1849) not including the Lands of the Hungarian Crown.


For the coats of arms of the Rulers see the House of Habsburg and House of Habsburg-Lorraine.



The Hereditary Lands

Inner Austria:

  • Archduchy of Austria (Upper Austria) (1278-1918)
  • Archduchy of Austria ( Lower Austria) (1278-1918)
  • Duchy of Styria (1379-1918)
  • Duchy of Carinthia ( 1335-1918)
  • Duchy of Carniola (1364-1918)
  • Austrian Littoral or Küstenland including:
  • Imperial Free City of Trieste (1382-1918)
  • Margravate of Istria (1797-1805) (1814-1918)
  • Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca (1500-1918)

Further Austria:

  • Princely County of Tyrol (1363-1918)
  • County of Vorarlberg (1525-1918)
  • Vorlande including amongst many smaller territories:

Margraviate of Burgau (1301-1805)
County of Kyburg (1264-1424)
Landgraviate of Sundgau (1324-1659)
County of Ferrette (1324-1644)
Grand Duchy of Salzburg (1805-1918)


Archduchy of Austria

Archduchy of Austria

Archduchy of Austria (Upper Austria)

Archduchy of Austria (Upper Austria)

Archduchy of Austria (Lower Austria)

Archduchy of Austria (Lower Austria)

Duchy of Styria

Duchy of Styria

Duchy of Carinthia

Duchy of Carinthia

Duchy of Carniola

Duchy of Carniola

Imperial Free City of Trieste

Imperial Free City of Trieste

Margravate of Istria

Margravate of Istria

Princely County of Gorizia

Princely County of Gorizia

Princely County of Gradisca

Princely County of Gradisca

Princely County of Tyrol

Princely County of Tyrol

County of Vorarlberg

County of Vorarlberg

Margraviate of Burgau

Margraviate of Burgau

County of Kyburg

County of Kyburg

Landgraviate of Sundgau

Landgraviate of Sundgau

County of Ferrette

County of Ferrette

Grand Duchy of Salzburg

Grand Duchy of Salzburg







Lands of the Bohemian Crown


Kingdom of Bohemia (1526-1918)
March of Moravia (1526-1918)
Duchy of Silesia (1526-1918, only Upper Silesia after1740)
County of Upper Lusatia (1526-1635)
County of Lower Lusatia (1526-1635)
Duchy of Teschen (1526-1918)



Kingdom of Bohemia

Kingdom of Bohemia

March of Moravia

March of Moravia

Duchy of Silesia

Duchy of Silesia

County of Upper Lusatia

County of Upper Lusatia

County of Lower Lusatia

County of Lower Lusatia

Duchy of Teschen

Duchy of Teschen




The Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary (1526-1918)
Principality of Transylvania (1683-1918, Grand Principality after 1765)
The Triunine Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia after 1867:

  • Kingdom of Croatia (1527-1918)
  • Kingdom of Slavonia (1526-1918)
  • Kingdom of Dalmatia (1815-1918)



Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

Grand Principality of Transylvania

Grand Principality of Transylvania

Kingdom of Croatia

Kingdom of Croatia

Kingdom of Slavonia

Kingdom of Slavonia

Kingdom of Dalmatia

Kingdom of Dalmatia





Other Lands Ruled by Austria


Austrian (formerly Spanish) Netherlands (1581-1790)
Duchy of Milan (1713–1797)
Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (1814–1859)
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1772–1918)
Duchy of Bukovina (1774–1918)
Free City of Crakow (1815-1846) and Grand Duchy of Cracow (1846-1918)
Kingdom of Naples (1713–1735)
Kingdom of Sicily (1720–1735)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878–1918)




Austrian  Netherlands

Austrian Netherlands

Duchy of Milan

Duchy of Milan

Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia

Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia

Kingdom of Galicia

Kingdom of Galicia

Kingdom of Lodomeria

Kingdom of Lodomeria

Duchy of Bukovina

Duchy of Bukovina

Grand Duchy of Cracow

Grand Duchy of Cracow

Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily

Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina


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