Charles II was the final monarch of Spain from the House of Habsburg, often viewed as a tragic symbol of the nation's decline ...

The Habsburgs ruled much of Europe—but their power came with a price. Their infamous jawline became a symbol of royal inbreeding gone too far.

In 1683, when Habsburg forces outside Vienna defeated an invading Ottoman army, Viennese bakers were said to have celebrated by baking crescents, the symbol of the departing Muslim forces.

The book’s chapters offer a brief overview of the Habsburg dynasty, following the family’s rise from minor Swiss nobles to possessors of an empire that spanned much of Europe and the Americas.

In 1710 Emperor Joseph I decided to block the chronic spread of diseases from the Balkans by creating a continuous “sanitary cordon” along the Habsburg monarchy’s southern frontier with the ...

Sylvein William Maximilian D’Habsburg XVII, of West Hills, agreed to plead guilty to running a $5.9-million Ponzi scheme that targeted churchgoing seniors.

If the Austro-Hungarian Empire still existed, 25-year-old Ferdinand Habsburg would eventually be its ruler. Instead he’s a racecar driver. “I’m so proud of my family and what they’ve done ...

It’s long been suspected the facial condition came from inbreeding within the royal family, but new research claims to prove a link between the trademark chin and numerous unions between cousins ...

Eleonore von Habsburg — the Archduchess of Austria and Royal Princess of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia — married Belgian racing driver Jérôme d’Ambrosio on Monday in a civil ceremony in Monaco.

Habsburg said Rebel Team, which debuted at this month's Le Mans 24 Hours, would help fund young drivers by a blockchain-based membership limited to 10,000 and costing $250 for the remainder of ...

A facial deformity known as "Habsburg jaw," famously noted in the Habsburg dynasty of Spanish and Austrian royals, can be attributed to inbreeding. According to a new study published in the Annals ...

Like the EU, the Habsburg empire was one-size-fits-all, rather than made-to-measure. What suited Austrians and Hungarians, ... but it still stands as a potent symbol for a more universal malaise.