Most members of the Habsburg family have a profound and introverted trait, which makes them unique among the emperors in Europe, and also makes their power image, which combines royal temperament and religious paranoia, stand out and attract attention.
Let's look at an example. Take Emperor Charles V as an example. He was the most powerful ruler in Europe after Roman times. His territory spread all over Central Europe, Burgundy and Holland, most parts of Italy, Spain and all Spanish colonies in the New World. But Emperor Charles V was also one of the lowest-key European rulers. After his wife died, he dressed simply and only wore black clothes all his life. Obviously influenced by Catholic penance, he yearned for a simple monastic life. Titian, a famous Italian painter, painted Charles V as a court painter many times, recording this simple but powerful emperor.
Compare the aesthetics of Louis XIV, the famous French sun king.
This leads to another feature of the Habsburg family, which is more exclusive to the emperor's ostentation and extravagance and royal bearing, except in some occasions where special ceremonies are needed. For example, Philip II of Spain and Ferdinand II of Austria, the former leader of the Inquisition, launched an armada to attack Britain. The latter is the guardian of Catholicism, who waged a thirty-year war with Protestant princes after the Reformation. In this way, the two kings at the top of the Christian world lived a simple and self-restrained life.
Franz josef i, the last famous Habsburg emperor, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, lived in the luxurious Sch? nbrunn Palace all his life, but only slept in a small iron bed that barely accommodated him, and only wore a simple military uniform all his life. The emperor worked tirelessly day after day, maintaining the splendor of the royal family, preserving the great empire and continuing the 600-year history of the Habsburg family, but the empire and dynasty completely fell apart two years after his death.
It can be said that the education of the Habsburg family has always been full of Catholic characteristics such as moderation and caution, which is very different from most European royal families.
Different from the history of China, the history of Europe should be viewed from two angles, one is religion and the other is family.
Who is the Habsburg family? Where did they come from? Why can this family last for a long time and pass on for nearly a thousand years?
In order to answer these questions, I intend to introduce the outstanding representatives of the Habsburg family in my next article:
Family Creation-Rudolph I
The "Last Knight" of Family Growth-maximilian I
European rulers-Charles V and Martin Luther
The heyday of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain-Philip II
Anti-Religious Reform and the Thirty Years' War —— Ferdinand II
Ottoman and French invasion-Leopold I
Who said that women are inferior to men, "the grandmother of Europe"-Maria Tracy
At the end of the dynasty, nothing can return to heaven-Franz Josef I.
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