The Empire of Austria - John S. C. Abbott (best books to read now TXT) 📗

of, 18.
position of the Emperor of, 19.
decline of the imperial dignity of, 85.
its division into ten districts, 101.
growing independence in of the pope, 162.
tranquillity of under Ferdinand, 172.
rejoicing in at the downfall of Rhodolph, 225.
divided into two leagues, 253.
distracted state of, 299.
religious agitation in, 370.
the Elector of Bavaria chosen Emperor of, 434.

GERTRUDE (of Hohenburg),
marriage of to Rhodolph of Hapsburg, 19.
her dowry, 19.

GHIARADADDA to be bestowed on Venice, 89.

GIBRALTAR taken by the English, 339.

GOLDEN FLEECE, establishment of the order of the, 372.

GRAN, capture of the fortress at, 324.

GREAT WARDEIN,
siege of, 307.
the Turks retain, 313.

GRENADER, the plot at, 92.

GRIEVANCES complained of by the confederacy at Heilbrun, 192.

GUICCIARDINI, remark of Charles V. about, 144.

GUNPOWDER, its introduction, 82.

GUNTZ, triumphant resistance of the fortress of, 150.

GUSTAVUS YASA (King of Sweden),
league with against Charles V., 127.

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS,
rouses the country against Ferdinand II., 280.
assembles a fleet at Elfsnaben, 281.
Stettin captured by, 281.
Mark of Brandenburg taken possession of by, 281.
conquers at the battle of Leipsic, 285.
his tranquil campaign, 286.
his intrenchment at Nuremberg, 290.
his attack on Wallenstein, 293.
his death, 293.
relics of, 295.


HANAU, conference at, 445.

HANOVER, title of the Elector of to the crown of England, 367.

HAWK'S Castle. (See Castle.)

HEDWIGE,
wife of Albert of Hapsburg, 18.
betrothal of, 53.

HELVETIC STATES, independence of acknowledged, 89.

HENRY (Duke of Anjou),
abdication of the throne of Poland, 180.
succeeds Charles IX., 180.

HENRY (Duke of Carinthia) chosen king, 39.

HENRY (Count of Luxemburg)
elected Emperor of Austria, 41.
his death, 41.

HENRY (of Valois) succeeds Charles IX., 171.

HENRY VIII. (of England) claims Austria, 107.

HENRY IV. (of France),
efforts of to unite Lutherans and Calvinists, 190.
political course of, 214.
assassination of, 215.
his plans for remodeling Europe, 216.

HOCKKIRCHEN, battle of, 475.

HOLY LEAGUE, formation of, 116.

HUNGARIANS, the, summons a diet, 349.
the, remonstrate with Leopold, 501.
(see also Hungary.)

HUNGARY, despotism of Rhodolph III. in, 196.
new revolt in, 307.
attempt of Leopold to establish despotic power in, 317.
rise of against Leopold, 333.
troubles in observed by Joseph I., 349.
enthusiastic support of Maria Theresa in, 432.
(see also Hungarian.)

HUNNLADES (John), regent of Hungary, 68,
popularity of, 68.
death of, 71.

HYMN, singing of a by the army of Gustavus on the field of battle, 292.


ISABELLA (wife of Frederic), death of, 45.

ISABELLA (of Spain), determination of to obtain for her son the crown of
Hungary, 152.
propositions of to Ferdinand for peace, 154.

IMPERIAL CHAMBER, creation of the, 87.

INGOLSTADT, Charles V. marches to, 126.

INNSPRUCK, arrival of the Duke of Ludovico at, 90.
the emperor sick at, 103.
the palace at surrendered to pillage, 134.

INSURRECTION in Vienna, 36.
of Suabia, 55.

INZENDORF, the Lord of arrested by Matthias, 206.

ISCHIA, flight of Ferdinand to the island of, 85.

ITALY, invasion of by Mahomet II., 82.
victories of Henry of France in, 136.
invaded by the Spaniards, 388.
invaded by the French and Spaniards, 452.


JAGHELLON, the Grand Duke, 53.
marriage of Hedwige to, 54.
baptism of, 54.
(for further reference see Ladislaus.)

JAMES I., matrimonial negotiations of, 266.

JEANETTE POISSON (see Marchioness of Pompadour).

JESUITS, the, expelled from Prague, 239.

JOANNA (of Spain), insanity of, 106.

JOHN (of Bohemia), character of, 46.
his invasion of Austria, 49.

JOHN SIGISMOND, death of, 178.

JOHN SOBIESKI goes to the relief of Vienna, 320.
enthusiastic reception of, 322.
refuses to fight Tekeli, 324.

JOHN (the Constant) succeeds Frederic, Elector of Saxony, 114.

JOHN (of Tapoli), negotiations of with the Turks for the throne of
Hungary, 151.
marriage and death of, 52.

JOHN (of Medici) elected pope, 100.

JOSEPH (of Germany) elected as successor of Leopold, 316.

JOSEPH I. secures a treaty with France for neutrality for Italy, 339.
continues the war against Spain, 338.
political concessions of in Hungary, 349.
refusal of to grant the demands of the diet, 350.
Transylvania again subject to, 351.
rout of the Hungarians by, 351.
death of, 352.

JOSEPH II. (of Austria) elected to succeed the Emperor Francis, 481.
assumes the crown of Germany, 484.
succeeds Maria Theresa, 491.
character of, 492.
death of, 500.
attempt of to obliterate distinctions in Austria, 493.
emancipates the serfs of, 494.
joins the excursion of Catherine II., 497.
defeat of at Belgrade, 498.
successes of, 499.

JULIUS III. ascends the pontifical throne, 130.


KAUNITZ (Count) appointed prime minister, 462.

KEVENHULLER (General) given the command of the Austrian army, 405.

KING, nominal power of the, 308.

KINSKY, letter of Charles VI. to, 391.

KLESES. (See Cardinal.)

KONIGSEGG (General), power of in a counsel of war, 404.
recalled in disgrace, 405.


LADISLAUS I., coronation of, 65.
visit of to the pope, 67.
inglorious flight of, 69.
tyranny of towards the family of Hunniades, 71.
flight of from Buda, 71.
his projected marriage to Magdalen, 71.
death of, 72.

LADISLAUS II. elected King of Hungary, 79.
assumes the government of Austria, 81.

LANDAU, the Austrians checked at, 47.

LANDSHUT, flight of Charles V. to, 126.

LEAGUE against France, 85.
of Augsburg, 315.

LEIPSIC captured by Tilly, 285.

LEO X., John of Medici assumes the name of, 100.

LEOPOLD I. (of Austria) succeeds Ferdinand III., 304.
convenes the diet at Presburg, 309.
accused by the diet of persecution, 309.
his desire for peace, 312.
organizes a coalition against Louis XIV., 315.
attempt of to establish despotic power in Hungary, 317.
driven from Hungary, 317.
flight of with his family, 319.
humiliation of, 322.
disgust of the people with, 324.
vengeance of, 324.
efforts of to obtain a decree that the crown was hereditary, 325.
claims Spain, 326.
declares war against France, 331.
deserted by the Duke of Bavaria, 334.
death of, 334.
canonization of, 335.
his various marriages, 336.

LEOPOLD II. ascends the Austrian throne, 500.
despotism of in Hungary meets with a remonstrance, 501.
interposes against France, 502.
letter of to the King of England, 502.
death of, 502.

LEOPOLD I. (of Germany), character and death of, 45.

LEOPOLD I. (of Switzerland), character of, 52.
death of, 57.

LEOPOLD II., succession of, 57.
assumes the guardianship of Albert V., 59.
death of, 59.

LEOPOLD (Archduke) invasion of Upper Austria by, 220.
defeat of by Matthias, 221.

LEWIS II., excommunication of, 50.

LIBERTY, the spirit of acting in France, 501.

LITHUANIA, duchy of, 53.
annexation of to Poland, 54.

LOREDO, arrival of Charles V. at, 141.

LORRAINE (Chevalier De), duel between the and the young Turk, 312.

LORRAINE, duchy of demanded by France, 397.

LORRAINE (Francis Stephen, Duke of) compelled to flee from Hungary, 319.
his engagement with Maria Theresa, 395.
deprived of his kingdom, 397.
his marriage, 398.
appointed commander of the army, 404.
reply of the to the demand of Frederic, 418.

LOUIS XII., succession of to the throne of France, 89.
inaugurated Duke of Milan, 90.
diplomacy of, 91.

LOUIS XIII. espouses the cause of Ferdinand I., 256.

LOUIS XIV., attempt of to thwart Leopold, 304.
marriage of, 314.
resolve of to annex a part of Spain, 314.
responsible for devastation of the Palatinate, 316.
rapacious character of, 317.
claims Spain, 326.
preparations of to invade Spain, 329.
desire of to retire from the conflict, 341.
melancholy situation of, 357.

LOUIS XV. begins to take part in the government, 378.

LOUIS XVI., plans of, 502.

LOUIS (of Bavaria) elected emperor, 42.
excommunication of, 47.
death of, 47.

LOUIS (of Hungary), death of, 146.

LOUIS (son of Philip V.), death of, 371.

LUBEC, peace of, 269.

LUDOVICO, escape of the Duke of, 90.

LUDOVICO (Duke of Milan), recovery of Italy by the Duke of, 90.
mutiny of the troops of, 91.
death of, 92.

LUTHER summoned to repair to Rome, 102.
bull of the pope against, 108.
works of burned, 109.
support of at the diet of Worms, 110.
summoned to appear before the diet, 110.
triumphal march of, 111.
memorable reply of, 111.
triumph of, 112.
attempts of Charles V. to bribe, 113.
his Patmos, 113.
his German Bible, 113.
the party of encouraged by Adrian the pope, 114.
marriage of, 114.
the Confession of Augsburg too mild for, 119.
visit of Charles V. to grave of, 128.

LUTHERANS, reply of to Henry IV., 191.
(see also Luther.)

LUTZEN, meeting of the armies at, 291.
battle of, 292.


MADRID, evacuation of, by the Austrians, 345.

MAGDEBURG, the city of, espouses Gustavus, 282.
sacking of, by the imperial troops, 283.

MAHOMET II., siege of Belgrade by, 69.

MAHOMET IV., his foreign war, 307.

MARLBOROUGH (Duke of), the guardian of Anne, 332.

MALPLAQUET, battle at, 341.

MANTUA, aid furnished Leopold by, 311.
battle at, 387.

MARCHIONESS OF POMPADOUR, arrogance of, 464.

MARIA ANTOINETTE, history of, 487.
letter of Maria Theresa to, 488.

MARIA THERESA (of Spain), marriage of to Louis XIV., 314.

MARIA THERESA (of Austria), character of, 395.
her attachment for the Duke of Lorraine, 395.
marriage of, 398.
ascends the Austrian throne, 415.
solicitations of to foreign powers, 417.
her apparent doom, 421.
consents to part with Glogau, 424.
a son born to her, 426.
desire of that her husband should obtain the imperial crown, 427.
her coronation at Presburg, 429.
address of to the diet, 431.
reinforcements of, 436.
ambitious dreams of, 439.