Archduchy of Austria

The Archduchy of Austria (; ) was a principality in Europe and a member of the Holy Roman Empire and the main area of the Habsburg monarchy. It was dissolved as a imperial state and replaced with the Upper and Lower Austria crown lands of the Habsburg monarchy after the Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, until it came back after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.

Archduchess of Austria was a title given to daughters of the Holy Roman Emperor or Austro-Hungarian Emperor, it is the Austrian version of princess. The male version was Archduke of Austria.

Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria was the first person to call himself Archduke. The Holy Roman Emperor recognized the title in 1453.

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Category:Austria
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