As a large family that once shocked Europe, the current situation of the Hasburg family can only be described in two words: plain. The Hasburg family started their career through politics. Members of the family have successively He served as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the Austrian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the end of World War I, members of the Hasburg family were expelled from the country. Later, in order to return to Austria, the Hasburg family agreed to the Hungarian government's proposal. He gave up all the conditions for restoration and became an ordinary person. Although his previous family head, Otto von Habsburg, had achieved good political results, it could only represent an individual and not the family. < /p>

The collapse of an empire.

In 1867, the king of Austria accepted the conditions proposed by the Hungarian nobles and established the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The population and area of ??the Austro-Hungarian Empire were the largest in Europe at the time. It ranked third, its military and technological development ranked fourth, and its energy output and food production ranked first in Europe. This made its comprehensive national power among the top 5 in Europe at that time, and it was ranked among the top 5 powerful countries in Europe along with the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia. , controlled the situation on the European continent. Although it had friendly relations with many European countries, in order to seek greater interests, the Austro-Hungarian Empire under the rule of the Hasburg family participated in a world war. After the failure of the war, the Hasburg family was The property was confiscated and all members were exiled. After being exiled abroad, the Hasburg family had two almost successful restoration attempts, but failed because they did not get the support of the prime minister. The Austrian government began to ask the Hasburg family to give up the restoration, but this One request was rejected by the last emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Karl I. In 1918, Austria passed a law stipulating that the descendants of Karl I could not return to Austria unless they renounced the throne and recognized their ordinary citizenship.

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Second return to ordinary people,

In order to return to the country, regain their political status and maintain the so-called family honor, the Hasburg family has never given up its efforts at restoration. With the passage of time, the situation in many European countries has changed, and many new small countries have emerged. Coupled with the aging of many supporters of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the restoration efforts of the De Hasburg family have been far away, and finally in In 1961, in order to return to Austria, Otto von Habsburg, the eldest son of the last emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Karl I, announced that he would give up all restoration activities and become an ordinary citizen of Austria.

Give up Although the Hasburg family who acted for restoration is still a prominent family on the European continent, they no longer have the ability to control politics. The political situation has changed. Although the Hasburg family has announced its abandonment, no one knows what will happen tomorrow. You can’t say for sure, after all, it’s not like the Hasburg family has never done anything like giving up their promises in order to seek greater interests.