Sophie Friederike Dorothee Wilhelmine, Princess of Bavaria (27 January 1805 - 28 May 1872) was born to King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife, Karoline of Baden. On 4 November 1824, she married Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria. They had four sons and a daughter, Francis Joseph (later Emperor of Austria), Maximilian (later Emperor of Mexico), Karl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria, Marie Anna Caroline Pia and Archduke Ludwig Viktor.

Anna of Austria, or Anna of Habsburg was Queen of Poland and Sweden. She was a daughter of Charles II of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria. Her paternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anne of Bohemia (1503-1547), daughter of King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary and his wife Anne de Foix. Her maternal grandparents were Albert V, Duke of Bavaria and Anne Habsburg of Austria. Anna was also a younger sister of Ferdinand II, …

Anna of Austria (Cigales, Valladolid, November 1 1549-Badajoz, October 26 1580), was Queen of Spain and Portugal. She was the first daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain. She was born in Spain, but lived in Vienna from the age of four. She was betrothed to Don Carlos, son of Philip II and heir to the Spanish throne, but he died in 1568. Philip II lost his third wife in the same year and a marriage was arranged between Anna and Philip II, …

Elisabeth of Austria, was born an Archduchess of Austria, and later became Queen of France. She was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain. She was married to Charles IX of France for three and a half years, until his death. Elisabeth enjoyed a privileged and secluded childhood in Vienna, where she and her many siblings were raised as devout Catholics. With her flawless white skin, long blonde hair and perfect physique, …

Maria Carolina of Austria, and later becoming Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and the Two Sicilies was queen consort and "de facto" ruler of Naples from 1768 to 1799 and from 1799 to 1806, and of Sicily from 1768 until her death in 1814, though she had lost the "de facto" power in 1812. She was born an Austrian Archduchess and was a sister of Marie Antoinette.

Anne of Austria (September 22, 1601 - January 20, 1666) was Queen Consort of France and Navarre and regent for her son, Louis XIV of France. During her relatively brief regency (1643-1651) Cardinal Mazarin served as France's chief minister.

Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese (German: Zita von Bourbon-Parma; May 9 1892 - March 14 1989) was the last Empress-consort of Austria and Queen-consort of Hungary, thus she is most commonly referred to as Empress Zita. After the deposition of the dynasty following World War I, she helped keep the Habsburgs united during their exile.

Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess in Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria, (December 24, 1837 - September 10, 1898), of the House of Wittelsbach, was the Empress consort of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary due to her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph. Her father was Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and her mother was Ludovika, Royal Princess of Bavaria; her family home was Possenhofen Castle.

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este (December 18, 1863 - June 28, 1914) was an Archduke of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated the Austrian declaration of war. This caused countries in alliances with the Austria and Serbia respectively to declare war on each other, starting World War I.

Otto, Crown Prince of Austria or Otto von Habsburg (born 20 November, 1912 as "Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius of Austria") is the current head of the Habsburg family and the eldest son of Karl of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria and last King of Hungary, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma.

Charlotte of Belgium, (June 7, 1840-January 19, 1927) as Charlotte (or Carlota), Empress of Mexico was the consort of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.

"His Most Illustrious and Reverend Eminence" Archduke Rudolph Johannes Joseph Rainier of Austria (January 8, 1788 - July 24, 1831) was an Austrian nobleman and churchman. Born in Pisa, Italy, he was the youngest son of Emperor Leopold II. He was elected archbishop of Olomouc in 1819 and became cardinal in the same year. In 1803 or 1804, Rudolph began taking lessons in piano and composition from Ludwig van Beethoven.

Juan of Austria (February 24, 1547 - October 1, 1578), also known as Don Juan of Austria, Don John of Austria, and Juan de Austria, was an illegitimate son of King Carlos I of Spain (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V). Juan was a military leader whose most famous victory was in the naval Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Note: "Don" is a Spanish honorific and is not a name or an abbreviation of one.

Mary of Habsburg, also named Mary, Maria, or Marie of Hungary, of Austria, of Castile, or of Burgundy (18 September, 1505 - 18 October, 1558) was the Queen consort of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, and later governor of the Netherlands for her brother, Emperor Charles V.

Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand (also known as Fernando and as Ferdinand von Österreich), Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, Cardinal, Infante of Spain, Archbishop of Toledo (1619-41), and commander during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)

Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria was a daughter of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, of the House of Habsburg, and Maria Anna of Bavaria. Cecilia Renata was Queen of Poland and consort to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's King Władysław IV Waza. In Poland, she is also known as "Cecylia Renata Rakuszanka" and "Cecylia Renata Austriaczka", both names meaning "Cecilia Renata of Austria", or "Cecylia Renata Habsburżanka", …

Cymburgis, also Cimburgis, Zimburga, Cimburga or Cymbarka of Masovia (Warsaw, 1394 or 1397 - September 28, 1429 in Türnitz, Lower Austria) daughter of Siemowit IV and Alexandra, was the wife of Ernest the Iron and thus a Duchess of Austria from of the Styrian-Inner Austrian line. As the mother of Emperor Frederick III she became the ancestor of all later Habsburgs, …

Eleonore Gonzaga, Italian: Eleonora Gonzaga (23 September 1598 - 27 June 1655), was the wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. Born in Mantua, her parents were Vincenzo I of Gonzaga of Mantua and Eleonora de' Medici. Eleonora, famous for her singular beauty, married Ferdinand in Innsbruck 1622. They had no children, but she became stepmother to Ferdinand's children from his previous marriage. She established Carmelite convents in both Graz and Vienna.

Isabella of Habsburg (also known as Isabella or Elisabeth of Burgundy, of Austria, or of Castile (18 July 1501-19 January 1526), Archduchess of Austria, Infanta of Spain and Princess of Burgundy by birth and Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage, was the daughter of Philip I and Joanna of Castile and the sister of Emperor Charles V. She was born at Brussels.

The Archduchess Margaret (Margaretha) of Austria was a Habsburg princess, the daughter of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Mary of Burgundy. In 1483, she was betrothed to the Dauphin of France, later King Charles VIII of France, bringing with her a dowry of Franche-Comté and Artois, and was transferred to the guardianship of King Louis XI of France (see Treaty of Arras (1482)). After Charles renounced the treaty and married Anne of Brittany, …

Archduchess Constance of Austria was a Queen consort of Poland and Sweden. She was a daughter of Charles II of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria. Her paternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary(1503-1547). Anne was the only daughter of King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary and his wife Anne de Foix. Her maternal grandparents were Albert V, Duke of Bavaria and Anne Habsburg of Austria.

Bianca Maria Sforza (April 5, 1472 - December 31, 1510) was the daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan. She was born in Milan. On 16 March 1494, she married Emperor Maximilian I, who had been a widower since the death of his first wife Mary of Burgundy in 1482. She died at Innsbruck in 1510. A noteworthy portrait of Bianca Maria Sforza by Ambrogio de Predis hangs in the National Gallery of Art of the United States in Washington, D.C.

Archduke Karl of Austria ("Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam von Habsburg-Lothringen") Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, (born January 11, 1961 at Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany) is the son of Otto von Habsburg and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen and the grandson of the last Austrian emperor, Charles I. Karl is the current head of the Austrian branch of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

John Parricida, or John the Parricide or Johann Parricida, also called John of Swabi (born ca. 1290, died December 13, 1312 or 1313, probably in Pisa) was a son of Duke Rudolph II of Austria from the Habsburg family and Agnes, daughter of Ottakar II, King of Bohemia. Consequently, he was a grandson of the German King Rudolph I. John passed his early days at the Bohemian court.

Anna, Archduchess of Austria, was the daughter of Ferdinand, Archduke of Further Austria and Count of Tyrol, and Anna Caterina Gonzaga, daughter of Duke William of Mantua. She was born 4 October 1585 in Innsbrück, and married her first cousin, Matthias, King of Hungary and Bohemia, on 4 December 1611. With his election as Emperor in 1612, she became Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. They had no surviving children. Anna of Austria died 14 December 1618 in Vienna, …

Judith of Babenberg (c. late 1110s/1120 - after 1168), (Jutta, sometimes called Julitta or Ita in Latin sources), was a daughter of Agnes of Germany and her second husband Leopold III of Austria. The chronicler Otto of Freising was one of her older brothers; Conrad III of Germany her half-brother. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor was her nephew. She married c. 1133 William V, Marquess of Montferrat, by whom she bore at least eight children.

Agnes of Babenberg (1111 - January 25, 1157) was the daughter of Leopold III, Margrave of Austria from 1095 to 1136, and his wife, Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Agnes de Babenberg married, in 1125, Ladislaus the Exile of Poland (Vladislaus II, the Exile) (1105 - 1159), High-Duke of Poland (1138 - 1146). Their daughter, Richilde of Poland, married Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Leon, amongst others.

Luise of Tuscany (2 September, 1870 in Salzburg-23 March, 1947 in Brussels) ("Luise Antoinette Maria Theresia Josepha Johanna Leopoldine Caroline Ferdinande Alice Ernestine, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, Hungary and Bohemia") was a daughter of Ferdinand IV of Tuscany and his second wife Alicia of Parma, daughter of Duke Charles III and Louise of Berry. Archduchess Luise was thus a great-great-granddaughter of Charles X of France.

Ferdinand IV (September 8, 1633 - July 9, 1654) was King of the Romans, of Hungary, and of Bohemia. He was born in Vienna, the eldest son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and his first wife Maria Ana of Spain. His maternal grandparents were Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria. He was an older brother of Mariana of Austria and Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. He was made King of Bohemia in 1646, King of Hungary in 1647, …

"His Most Illustrious and Reverend Eminence" Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier Cardinal von Habsburg-Lothringen, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungry and Bohemia (9 Jan 1788-23 July 1831) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Olomouc and member of the House of Habsburg and brother of Emperor Francis II. He was born in Florence then part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

Gertrude of Austria was the niece of Duke Frederick II of Austria, the last male member of the Babenberg dynasty (daughter of his elder brother Henry of Mödling), and granddaughter of Leopold VI of Austria and Theodora Angelina. She was the primogenitural heir of the entire Babenberg line of Dukes of Austria. Her uncle, Duke Frederick, had a long quarrel with Emperor Frederick II, during which he had even been under imperial ban. When she was barely in her teens, in 1239, …

Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico (July 6, 1832 - June 19, 1867) (born Ferdinand "Maximilian" Joseph) was a member of Austria's Imperial Habsburg-Lorraine family. With the backing of Napoleon III of France and a group of Mexican conservatives, he was proclaimed Emperor of Mexico on April 10, 1864. Many foreign governments refused to recognize his government, especially the United States; this ensured the success of Republican forces led by Benito Juárez, …