The life of the emperor Francis JosephGribble, Francis Henry
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The life of the emperor Francis Joseph
Gribble, Francis Henry
Austria -- Court and courtiers; Austria -- History -- Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916; Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916
Giron, M., 322, 332-334, 336
Gisela, Archduchess, daughter of Francis Joseph, 101, 102, 107, 286, 292
Gladstone, W. E., 126, 160
Gödöllo, 90
Graber, Captain, 56
Graetz, 98, 138, 140
Gramont, Duc de, 154, 155
Greece, Isles of, 119
Grunne, Count, 48
Guizot, F. P. G., 35, 36, 40
Habsburg, House of, its characteristics essential to the understanding of Austrian history, vi, vii;
the eccentricities of its members, viii;
marriage of a daughter of, to Napoleon, 2;
eugenist’s opinions of, 10-13;
revolt from family traditions, 14, 15;
the effect upon the head of the house, 16-19;
their origin and pedigree, 20-23;
inter-marriages with the Spanish and Portuguese branches, 23-25;
physical characteristics, 26, 27;
some members have justified their _liaisons_ by the Emperor’s friendship with Frau Schratt, 107;
recent tragedies in the family, 161, 162;
the difference between their madness and that of the Wittelsbachs, 188;
some of the family who have tried to be ordinary men, 273;
the only characteristic common to them all, 282;
their centrifugal marriages, 284-286;
their superiority to the rest of mankind, 309;
what will be the future of the house? 347
_Habsburg Monarchy, The_, _see_ Steed, H. W.
Halbthurn, 305
Halévy, Leon, _M. et Madame Cardinal_, 202, 211
Haynau, Marshal, the cruelties of his campaign in Hungary, 55-60;
his command withdrawn from him, 61;
his adventure at Barclay’s brewery, 61-63
Heiligenkreuz, Abbey of, 215
Heinrich, Herr, 249, 251
Helen, Princess, of Bavaria, afterwards Princess of Thurn and Taxis, 72-75, 98, 100
Henrietta, consort of Leopold II., King of the Belgians, 197, 286
Henry, Archduke, 238, 276
Hoffmann, Leopoldine, 238, 276
Hohenlohe Schillingfürst, Prince Gottfried zu, 288
Holnstein, Count, 188, 189
Holy Alliance, the, 3-5
Holy Roman Empire, its collapse, 1;
the impossibility of reviving it, 2
Hoyos, Count, 218, 230
Hübner, Count, his amazement that anyone should value nationality, 34, 35;
his account of Metternich’s resignation, 43;
his account of the proceedings at Ferdinand’s abdication, 47-49
Hungarian War (1849), 54-60
Hungary, 40, 45, 46, 51, 53-58, 82, 83, 143-147, 156, 160, 211, 225
Hunyadi, Count, 91
Iglau, 322
In-breeding, results of, 13-15
_Indépendance Belge_ on M. Leopold Wulfing (Archduke Leopold Ferdinand), 330, 331
Ionian Islands, 101
Isabella, Archduchess, 297, 303-306
Ischl, 73, 103, 108, 266
Italy, War with, 123-130;
offers to buy Venetia, 132;
Venetia surrendered to, 134
Jarras, 153
Jecker, Baron, 165
Jellaçiç, Baron von, Ban of Croatia, 46, 48, 52, 54
Joanna the Mad, 23, 24
John, Archduke, 21, 238
John, Field-Marshal Baron, 139
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