The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-08-26
Houses Of Hapsburg and
HOhenZOllern
ARE STANDING SIDE BY SIDE
Descended from Medieval
Chieftains in Castles of
Middle Ages.
have RULED FOR CENTURIES

The House of Hapsburg and the
House of Hohenzollern are arrayed
side by side in war with England,
Russia and France.
That is a correct statement of the
conflict that to-day makes Europe
one vast armed camp and causes the
world 10 await the decisive clash of
armies that have been in preparation
forty years.
For Hapsburg aud Hohenzollern
rule Austria-Hungary and Germany
and for centuries they have had the
greater part of Europe under their
sway. Since the thirteenth century
the Hapsburgs have furnished en-
perors and their dominions have
stretched at times from the Russian
frontier through Spain and as far
rs the Netherlands.
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Aus
tria. King of Bohemia and King of
Hungary, is the present head of the
House of Hapsburg He was born
August Is. 1880, and is therefore,
eighty-four years of age.
When this aged monarch declared
war on Servia it was not the first
tine that the House of Hapsburg had
thrown Europe into strife. The his
tory of Europe is interviewer with
that OF the Hapsburgs; the changes
in the boundaries of nations have
marked the changes in the dominion
Of the house.
In the Swiss canton of Aargau, Oh
the Aar, is perched the Hawks
Castle" from which the name Haps-
burg is derived. Here in the
thirteenth century dwelt Albert,
Count of Hapsbnrg, and he plundered
from his Hawks Castle so ruthlessly
and valiantly that his son, Rudolph,
in 1878, became Emperor. He in
creased the possessions of his house
by seizing upper and lower Austria,
Syria and Carniola. while Corinthia
and Tyrol were added half a CEN
fury later.
From that time the Hapsburgs
rave been always among the great
rulers of Europe From 1437 to
1906. all the emperors with the en-
ception of Charles VII, we're Haps-
surgs.
Under the Emperor Charles V.
Spain was added TO the Hapsburg
dominions. but on his abdication in
1856 il was again placed under a
separate ruler
The thrtyyears war was, in its
earlier phases, an attempt on the
part of the Hapsburgs to destroy the
Imperial elective constitution and
form vast hereditary dynastic en-
pire. which should include all Ger
many.
An attempt TO place a Hapsburg |
on the throne of Spain after the |
death OF Charles H., in 1900. was
foiled, though at the peace of Ut |
recht the Emperor Charles vi. OBJ
tanned the Spanish Netherland and !
the Spanish possessions in Italy.
On his death. in 1910. Maria The
resa. his daughter was unable to
preventFrederick the Greats seizure /
Of Silesia or to secure the election of |
her husband as emperor. In 1745,
however. she succeeded in the latter |
aim. Since 1906 the Hapsburgs /
have ruled Austria and Hungary |
only.
Like the Hapsburgs, the Hohenzol-
Terms, of which family the warlike
Kaiser is the head. take their name
from a castle--that of Hohenzollern,
in Swabia.
The House of Hohenzollern traces
its origin To Tassillon. who lived
under Charlemagne. A younger son
OF the House. Conrad. sought service
under Friedrich Barbarossa. becom-
ing burgrave OF Nuremberg about
1l70. In 1926 the family split into
the Franconian and Swabian
branches. In 1858 the burgrave OF
Nuremberg wasFredrick Ill. head Of
the Franconian line, who contribut-
ed 20 the election of Rudolph of
Hapsburg as Emperor.
In l346 Burgrave John II. became
Governor OF Brandenburg, OF which !