[1] Otto II , was the first to take the Habsburg Castle name as his own, adding "von Habsburg" to his title and creating the House of Habsburg. The two houses and families have the same origins. Earlier ancestors either did not use titular family names or used other names.
This is a family tree of the Habsburg family.
Genealogy for Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xavier Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius von Habsburg (1912 - 2011) family tree on Geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. A family tree showing relations of the Habsburg dynasty. Please see the family tree for further details. House of Habsburg, also spelled Hapsburg, also called House of Austria, royal German family, one of the principal sovereign dynasties of Europe from the 15th to the 20th century. The Royal status of the House of Habsburg started in present day Switzerland with the name Habsburg being adopted from the family’s castle in around 1100 by Otto II. This family tree only includes male scions of the House of Habsburg from 1096 to 1564. Some of the most famous names in European history had links to the family: Marie Antoinette was a Habusburg, as was Archduke Franz Ferdinand, … Similarly, this family tree only includes male scions of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine who survived to adulthood: Monarchs of the House of Habsburg [ edit ] The Habsburg Empire was never composed of a single unified and unitary state as Bourbon France, Hohenzollern Germany, or Great Britain was.
The family of Habsburg ruled Austria for nearly 650 years, from a modest beginning as dukes protecting the border of Germany, they became emperors of Austria and of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The Habsburg line traces its roots to the Middle Ages and extended its influence through the early 20th century.