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The March of Austria, also known as Marcha Orientalis, was first formed in 976 out of the lands that had once been the March of Pannonia in Carolingian times. The oldest attestation dates back to 996, where the written name "ostarrichi" occurs in a document transferring land in present-day Austria to a Bavarian monastery.
The princely title was the most prestigious of the Austrian nobility, usually borne by heads of families whose cadets were generally counts/countesses, although in some mediatized princely families (Reichsfürsten) members were allowed to bear the same title as cadets of royalty: prince/princess (Prinz/Prinzessin) with the style of Serene Highness.
Pages in category "Austrian noble families" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Althann;
Austrian royalty (13 C, 2 P) S. Silesian nobility (11 C, 72 P) Slovak nobility (10 P) U. Austrian untitled nobility (68 P) Pages in category "Austrian nobility"
Austrian royalty and nobility with disabilities (14 P) Austrian royal houses (1 C) A. Austrian consorts (1 C, 56 P) B. Biographical films about Austrian royalty (19 P) C.
Eight diamonds decorate the crown: eight is a holy number referring to the octagonal body of the imperial crown; the diamond is a symbol of Christ. Under threat from Napoleon, emperor Francis II dissolved the thousand-year old Holy Roman Empire and proclaimed the Austrian Empire on August 11, 1804. He did not use the crown of the Holy Roman ...
The current coat of arms of the Republic of Austria has been in use in its first forms by the First Republic of Austria since 1919. Between 1934 and the German annexation in 1938, the Federal State (Bundesstaat Österreich) used a different coat of arms, which consisted of a double-headed eagle (one-party corporate state led by the clerico-right-wing Fatherland Front, often labeled Austro ...
The Austrian princely title was the most prestigious title of the Austrian nobility, forming the higher nobility (hoher Adel) alongside the counts . This close inner circle, called the 100 Familien (100 families), possessed enormous riches and lands.