Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria . ridecomes to meet him; and, both falling on their knees inthe road, they embrace each other; Mary exclaiming, withtears of delight, Welcome to me, thou scion of the nobleGerman stock, whom I have so long wished to see, andwhom I now am so rejoiced to meet! On the third dayafter this entry, the handsomest youth of the time wasunited to the beautiful Burgundian heiress; and thus wassecured to the House of Hapsburg the splendid dower ofthe Netherlands, with their brisk trade and flourishingmanufactures, which served firs
Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria . ridecomes to meet him; and, both falling on their knees inthe road, they embrace each other; Mary exclaiming, withtears of delight, Welcome to me, thou scion of the nobleGerman stock, whom I have so long wished to see, andwhom I now am so rejoiced to meet! On the third dayafter this entry, the handsomest youth of the time wasunited to the beautiful Burgundian heiress; and thus wassecured to the House of Hapsburg the splendid dower ofthe Netherlands, with their brisk trade and flourishingmanufactures, which served first to make Austria reallyconsiderable as a European power. The next emperor was Charles V., who gave a vast in-crease of power and influence to the Court of Austria. Along line of monarchs have occupied the Austrian thronesince those days, whose names and history are well knownto the intelligent reader. The House of Hapsburg stillwears the crown, which rests on the head of FrancisJoseph, the present emperor, whose fine portrait accom-panies this sketch. #&tl^ ^ ^^*^^l^. ^vGijoF. TPTme K EMPEHOR OP AtrSTBL/-. FRANCIS JOSEPH, EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. Francis Joseph, the present Emperor of Austria, was bornAugust 18, 1830. He is the son of the Archduke FrancisCharles Joseph, brother of the Emperor Ferdinand, and ofSophia, daughter of Maximilian Josej^h, King of March, 1848, after the expulsion of Louis Philippe fromFrance, a revolution followed in Vienna; Prince Metternichfled, a free Constitution was prepared, and accepted byFerdinand, who soon afterwards withdrew from Vienna toInnspruck. Insurrections against the Austrian power brokeout in Hungary and Italy, and a Diet for the fonnationof a united German Empire was assembled at Vienna had been taken possession of by the Im-perial troops, and though Radetzky had obtained advan-tages in Italy, it was felt that a firmer hand than Ferdi-nands was required to secure the Hapsburg dynasty fromfalling. Accordingly
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