State · 1526 – 1918

Habsburg monarchy

A state of 1526 – 1918 — 392 years in Europe. It replaced Crown of Aragon. It was replaced by Austrian Empire. The atlas records 176 things within it — wars and battles 78 · unrest and atrocity 1 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 1 · treaties 14 · people 80 · works and ideas 1. Its line of rulers holds 9 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 392 years; 1526 – 1918
Rulers: 9; the Monarch
Most ground: 750,200 km²; in 1721
Within it: 176; recorded rows
Symbols: 8; on record, with years

Map: Habsburg monarchy in 1721, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Habsburg monarchy in 1721, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 750,200 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Habsburg monarchy in 1526, first mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Habsburg monarchy in 1721, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Crown of Aragon · replaces · 1162 – 1715

After it

Austrian Empire · replaced by · 1804 – 1867

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Charles V	1519 – 1556	37 years	ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor	1556 – 1564	8 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	sibling
Philip II of Spain	1556 – 1598	42 years	ending not on record	nephew or niece
Charles II of Spain	1665 – 1700	35 years	ending not on record
Maria Theresa	1740 – 1780	40 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor	1780 – 1790	10 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor	1792 – 1835	43 years	ending not on record	nephew or niece
Franz Joseph I	1848 – 1916	68 years	ending not on record	grandchild
Charles I of Austria	1916 – 1918	2 years	ending not on record

9 rulers, 9 with terms dated as terms, covering 1519 – 1918. Median reign 37 years. 2 of 8 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

123,000 km² in 1526, 736,300 km² in 1801; at its largest 750,200 km² in 1726. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedArms of the Archduchy of Austria · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heralder
coat of arms, undatedLesser and Middle Arms of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1804-1806) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Adelbrecht (in collaboration with Heralder )
coat of arms, undatedArchdukesOfHabsburgLorraineArmsPre1896 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Icodeswift
coat of arms, undatedArchdukesOfHabsburgLorraineArmsPost1896 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Icodeswift
flag, 1230 – 1934Flag of Austria (1230–1934, 1945–2000) · Public domain
flag, 1437 – 1493Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor with Arms (1437-1493) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sir Iain , eagle by N3MO
flag, 1493 – 1556Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor with Arms (1493-1556) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sir Iain , eagle by N3MO
flag, 1804 – 1918Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1500 – 159911 rows · 5 wars and battles

John Amos Comenius · religious leader · 1592 – 1670
Charles II of Austria · person · 1540 – 1590
Maximilian III of Austria · ruler · 1558 – 1618
Jindřich Matyáš Thurn · commander · 1567 – 1640
Battle of Sisak · battle · 1593
Battle of Keresztes · battle · 1596
Frans Hogenberg · artist · 1538 – 1590
St. Felix's flood · disaster · 1530

and 3 more in the atlas.

1600 – 169944 rows · 28 wars and battles

Battle of Vienna · battle · 1683
Great Turkish War · war · 1683 – 1699
Treaty of Karlowitz · treaty · 1699
Emeric Thököly · commander · 1657 – 1705
Miklós Zrínyi · commander · 1620 – 1664
Battle of Mohács · battle · 1687
Peace of Prague · treaty · 1635
Battle of Saint Gotthard · battle · 1664

and 36 more in the atlas.

1700 – 1799107 rows · 42 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

Tellurium · discovery · 1783
Marie Antoinette · person · 1755 – 1793
Johann Gottlieb Fichte · philosopher · 1762 – 1814
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma · ruler · 1791 – 1847
Maria Carolina of Austria · person · 1752 – 1814
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz · commander · 1766 – 1858
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen · commander · 1771 – 1847
František Palacký · philosopher · 1798 – 1876

and 99 more in the atlas.

1800 – 189914 rows · 3 wars and battles

France Prešeren · writer · 1800 – 1849
Lajos Kossuth · politician · 1802 – 1894
Peace of Pressburg · treaty · 1805
Josip Jelačić · politician · 1801 – 1859
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg · politician · 1800 – 1852
Joseph Ludwig Raabe · scientist · 1801 – 1859
Carlo Cattaneo · philosopher · 1801 – 1869
Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein · commander · 1802 – 1887

and 6 more in the atlas.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood392 years
stood longer than 80% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held750,200 km²
held more ground at its peak than 80% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per century1.3
had more wars on record per century than 96% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median37 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 90% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record9
has more rulers on record than 78% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 15 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1487 – 1957, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1721, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q153136 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.