Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-06

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| Frederick Won Hapsburr. pupc 4,
Ausuia, Prince Of the ioIv Romar e,,,,,,..
are yoo prepared to do these ih,ng.,,;
thus Numbered forth the Empcror
"Ycs, and beg your Ms,estv a.
me The favor asked for.v 1ben Shs,
Harsburg bad made over to his Maiestv sli
his domains. from the Tyrol Ia the AL
they we're given back 10 him ma fs,,.s,
vassal. Mean while things were roi,a soS
| !y In the liapsburg estates In sw,t ,ar,,as
| The example 81 the Dict in Luccr,a nv.
not followed by certain can.ons Tho, q,
Berne. always anxious 20 enlarge lie bon,I'
aries. declared war on Frederic. and when
| Zurich and Lucernc saw what porne
was up 10 they determined not 10 Iet
her nave tDe "hoic OF 80 rich province n,
Asrgau' ihey' 700, sent troops 30 those
PARTS. ana wnen Sigismond tried 10 mako
lbcm Dsieve mat the eonqucsts should be
turned over 70 hitn' they needed neither
siceing the proud castle above the town 81
Baden at the time, and when the Fmneror,.
messenger arrived with his order ~ ,si,o
Ihe seigc. they pointed out the strong.
hold already IA fumes, aud the cr..
irIs and chests, which conlained
The itch archives. piled up ON wa.
CONS Ter transportation TO Iucerno
Without concerning themselves ovcr
the displcasurc OF the Emneror thsv
proceeded 90 divide the conquered ,err1:'
~, and this is how The old Homestead ~
the llaTsbUrgs came 10 belong to SwitzeD'
land. II Ia true that when the Austrian
dukes OF that family rose again 10 power ,s
they did soon after Fredcrick's degrade.
ton. thsy made efforts 20 rctakc their am
cicDt possessions, but thev were never allie
10 d'slodgc the sturdy Swiss in the oceun,-
ton Of their ancestral home.
APowEnFUL FAMILY.
have in my time visited many ruipsd
castle. USUALLY 10 be told that ID was oncs !
The home Of a powerful family which bas
become extinct. whose glorv has vanished. |
and whose name has utterly persisted. |
such, however, was not tht cass with this |
Chateau Of llapsburg. The race th,t once |
dwell in this old stone structure reigns to. |
day at Vienna over 4 grand and mighty
empire. Since the family lost the Province |
Of Aargau It's descendants have sat on |
half the thrones Of Europe. From il
came that Charles Y. who, as Empc-
FOR oi Germany, also ruled over Flap.
dcTs. SPAN, bali Of Italy. had StrouehoIds
II.
His succession. too heavy for single head.
was divided between his sons. one OF whom
became the Emperor Feidinsnd and the
other King Philippe H., two Of the most
powerful princes ever known in Europe.
King Philippe added Portugal 10 his crown.
ana even Tor time shared the English
throne with his wife. Mary Tudor. But
with ai the good fortune that has come {,
the ispsburgs. they never have been
able to induce the republic OF Switzer-
land to give up possession Of the cradle OF
their birth or the graves Of the founders Of
their race. When they left their native
land the family did not even carry away any
Of the bones Of their ancestors. and il was
not until the middle Of the eighteenth GEN.
lu,y that Ithc Empress Marie Thcrese OBJ
famed permission to remove TO Vienna the
fust Of the Emperor Albert. OF Agnes,
Queen OF Hungary, famous for her bloody
reveneCs, and Of the Duke Leopold, killed
II ScmD5ch