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The Habsburg monarchy (German: Habsburgermonarchie, pronounced [ˈhaːpsbʊʁɡɐmonaʁˌçiː] ⓘ), also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm (German: Habsburgerreich [ˈhaːpsbʊʁɡɐˌʁaɪç] ⓘ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is also referred to as the Danubian monarchy (German: Donaumonarchie [ˈdoːnaʊmonaʁˌçiː] ⓘ) or the Austrian monarchy.[2] The history of the Habsburg monarchy can be traced back to the election of Rudolf I as King of Germany in 1273[2] and his acquisition of the Duchy of Austria for the Habsburgs in 1282. In 1482, Maximilian I acquired the Netherlands through marriage. Both realms passed to his grandson and successor, Charles V, who also inherited the Spanish throne and its colonial possessions, and thus came to rule the Habsburg empire at its greatest territorial extent. The abdication of Charles V in 1556 led to a division within the dynasty between his son Ph

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