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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a collection of semi-autonomous cantons. As membership of the confederation has fluctuated throughout history, each of these cantons has its own unique history and nobility. Typically, each canton had its own constitution, currency, jurisdiction, habits, customs, history, and nobility.
  3. house-of-habsburg.org

    The two houses and families have the same origins. The Royal status of the House of Habsburg started in present day Switzerland with the name Habsburg being adopted from the family's castle in around 1100 by Otto II. Earlier ancestors either did not use titular family names or used other names. Please see the family tree for further details.
  4. britannica.com

    Jan 16, 2025House of Habsburg, royal German family, one of the chief dynasties of Europe from the 15th to the 20th century. As dukes, archdukes, and emperors, the Habsburgs ruled Austria from 1282 until 1918. They also controlled Hungary and Bohemia (1526-1918) and ruled Spain and the Spanish empire for almost two centuries.
  5. habsburger.net

    When the Habsburg Rudolf I was elected Roman-German King in 1273, his family was already 300 years old. However, lack of documentary sources and confusion between fact and legend make it very difficult to reconstruct the family tree prior to this date. Genealogy was all part and parcel of dynastic propaganda: in order to demonstrate their legitimacy, medieval rulers had to
  6. familysearch.org

    Aug 12, 2024Swiss compiled genealogies (Genealogische Sammlungen, Stadtregister / Collections généalogiques / Collezione genealogia) are handwritten or published genealogies of Swiss families. They are organized first by surname, then by place of citizenship. Thus, these genealogies are compilations of all citizens of the same surname of a specific community, regardless of where they lived. This means ...
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  1. Swiss nobility

    Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a collection of semi-autonomous cantons. As membership of the confederation has fluctuated throughout history, each of these cantons has its own unique history and nobility. Typically, each canton had its own constitution, currency, jurisdiction, habits, customs, history, and nobility. In the Middle Ages, various cantons had families with only local and, in the broad scheme of things, insignificant lands, whereas other cantons had ennobled families abroad. In Switzerland there were many families of dynasties who were members of the Holy Roman Empire. Other cantons had rulers from the House of Savoy, or from the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Burgundy. This diversity prevented the birth of a state with monarchical central authority. As a general rule, Swiss nobility since the 14th century can be divided into three categories: 1. nobility acquired by inheritance, under the terms of family right; 2. Wikipedia

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