European Heraldry

Holy Roman Emperors
Archdukes of Austria
1637-1780

Sons of Emperor Ferdinand II:

• Ferdinand III, ( 1608- 1657), Holy Roman Emperor (–1657). King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, King of the Romans.
• Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria ( 1614- 1662), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1647 to 1656, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg (1631-1638), Prince-Bishop of Halberstadt (1628-1648), Prince-Archbishop of Bremen (1635-1645), Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg (1626-1662), Prince-Bishop of Passau (1625-1662), Prince-Bishop of Olomouc (1637-1662), Prince-Bishop of Wroclaw (1656-1662). All Bishoprics held as Catholic Administrator due to lack of canonical qualification.

Sons of Leopold V of Austria, Count of Tyrol:

• Ferdinand Charles, ( 1628- 1662), Archduke of Further Austria and Count of Tyrol from 1646.
• Sigismund Francis, ( 1630- 1665), Archduke of Further Austria and Count of from 1662.

Line extinct.

Sons of Emperor Ferdinand III:

• Ferdinand IV, (1633- 1654), King of the Romans from 1653,, King of Hungary from 1647, and King of Bohemia from 1646.
• Leopold I, (1640- 1705), Holy Roman Emperor (1658 – 1705), King of Hungary (1655 – 1705), King of Bohemia (1656 – 1705), Archduke of Austria (1658 – 1705), Archduke of Further Austria and Count of Tyrol (1665 – 1705), Prince of Transylvania (1692 – 1705).
• Charles Joseph, (1649- 1664), Archduke of Austria and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Bishop of Olmütz, and Breslau, Passau (1662–64).

Sons of Emperor Leopold I:

• Joseph I, (1678- 1711), Holy Roman Emperor (1705 – 1711), King of Bohemia (1705 – 1711), King of Hungary (1687 – 1711), King of the Romans (1690 – 1711).
• Charles VI, (1685- 1740), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary from 1711 to 1740, Archduke of Austria. From 1703 to 1711 claimant to the throne of Spain as Charles III. King of Sicily (1720–34), King of Naples (1713–35), King of Sardinia (1713–20), Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1735–40) and Duke of Guastalla (1735–40). Last male Habsburg.

Daughter of Emperor Charles VI:

• Maria Theresa, (1717-1780), Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Queen of Bohemia from 1740, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Francis of Lorraine. The last member of the House of Habsburg.

Founded The Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary in 1763.