France invaded Mexico under Emperor Napoleon III, citing unpaid debts as a pretext to expand French influence and establish a ...

Subject Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor 1459-1519 Notes Explanatory volume to the 2 volumes of plates. Contains an introduction, reproduction of the t.-p., and translation of preface of Vienna edition ...

Trentino is a province of collisions. Stitched to the forested underbelly of South Tyrol, just south of the Swiss and ...

The new Emperor will, of course, seek to gratify and amuse his subjects, and thus render his capital another Paris in attractiveness and display.

Before Elon Musk became the richest man in the world, there was Jacob Fugger, a 16th-century banker worth $400 billion in today's money. But unlike Musk, Fugger knew the limits of his power and ...

The Horned Helm of Henry VIII was commissioned in 1511 as part of a suit of armor gifted to King Henry VIII by Holy Roman ...

Hans Joachim Züblin from eastern Switzerland caused a furore in 18th century America. As minister John Zubly, he saw ...

Object Details Author Burgkmair, Hans 1473-1531 Aspland, Alfred 1815-1880 Bartsch, Adam von 1757-1821 Subject Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor 1459-1519 Notes Collation; pt. I: 2 p. l., pl. 1-68; pt.

In 1898, the Emperor's wife, who was the daughter of Maximilian Joseph, Duke of Bavaria, was stabbed to death at Geneva by a mad Italian anarchist.

View The body of Emperor Maximilian 1st of Mexico in his coffin, 1867 (1867) By Aubert François; Albumen print; Sight size approx. 22 x 16 cm. Mounting size approx. 30.5 x 22.5 cm.; .

Neither Spain nor Britain was interested in supporting his project, but he dangled this imaginary empire in front of an unemployed Habsburg archduke, Maximilian, and found an eager, if indecisive, ...