Holy Roman Emperors 5: The Fall of the Empire, 1658-1806

The Holy Roman Empire dominated western Europe for a thousand years.
In this episode we'll see the Habsburgs continue to inbreed themselves into oblivion. A family feud over who should rule Spain, the first ruling Holy Roman Empress and the eventual downfall of the Holy Roman Empire after 1005 years at the hands of Napoleon.
Leopold I
Joseph I
Charles VI
Maria Theresa & Francis I
Joseph II
Leopold II
Francis II

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[Replicaate]

"Insisted that his new bride call him 'Uncle'..." - somehow Leo found a way to make things even weirder.

[LittleMissLounge]

Jesus, you can just see what a dangerous balancing act the court painters had to engage in. "How honest should I be about the inbreeding without getting murdered?"

[ellerose]

Can you Imagine ruling and reforming a whole empire AND giving birth to 16 children?! Man I have respect for that woman.

[agatha]

Joseph II is such a frustrating story to learn about because he could’ve been a great leader if he slowed down with the changes and had a much gentler approach with his radical changes. Some of his changes are very modern and they sound like good ideas but he needed to be more careful with all the changes. Such a shame

[ernesto]

Some of the descendants of Maria Theresa (the last Habsburg) were good looking, but even Maria Theresa and her husband were related genetically. The Habsburg-Lorrain dynasty looked like their ancestors because they kept marrying genetically related people, it's amazing to know that some monarchs have blood of the old dynasty's, the most famous one is the king of Spain. Queen Elizabeth has blue blood too but the dynasty's of England changed name often, and king Felipe is directly related to the old monarchy

[royaltyfandom]

Maria Theresa: Maria! Go get your books!
Maria Carolina: Ok!
Maria Theresa: Not you! Your other sister!
Maria Amalia: Me mother?
Maria Theresa: No! The other Maria!
Maria Anne: Well is it me?
Maria Theresa: No the Maria who is a nun!
Maria Elisabeth: Ah I see, its me!
Marie Antoinette: Which Maria finished my cake?
All Marias: Not me!

[shayknight]

Love it when Lindsay said “Maria Theresa!!!…oh and Francis I” @ 13:36

[aceofspades]

I can’t wait for the series about Holy Roman Empresses! Thank you so much for these fascinating videos!

[royaltyfandom]

Maria Theresa: We arent naming our daughter that!
Francis: Ok? Will you name it Maria like our other daughters?
Maria Theresa: Yep...

[hpkantola]

Fun fact: Napoleons and Marie Louises' son, Franz Napoleon II, was brought to Napoleons tomb (Les Invalides) by Adolf Hitler during WW2

[jamesjoynz]

It amazes me how Europe went from thousands of years of war over religion and land, to communism, then to some of the most progressive countries in the world and some not so progressive. History is amazing.

[kellyshaw]

"What a lovely Christmas wreath."

"Ma'am that's the Hapsburg family tree."

[heathermason]

So spoiled by this twice a week uploads! I’m living for it! Another great video. Would love to see the Borgia’s!! Please!!!!

[ZeoViolet]

Perhaps you should have phrased it to "Leopold married _Charles's_ sister, " instead of "Leopold married his sister", because that line made me pause the video in confusion for a moment.

[lozpopo]

I just want to say I am LOVING this series. I didn't know very much about this history beforehand but it is so fascinating

[Mariathinking]

Honestly a wonderful series!! The truth (history) Is far more interesting then fiction. Thank you Linsday ☺ 💗

[Kerriangel]

Maria Theresa: So Maria Amalia will marry the Duke of Parma and Maria Carolina 3 will marry the King of Naples and Maria Antonia will marry the Dauphin and Maria Christina will marry the Duke of Teschen. Maria Elizabeth 1, Maria Carolina 1 and Maria Carolina 2 all died in infancy and Maria Johanna and Maria Josephs both died of smallpox. Maria Anna and Maria Elizabeth 2 are too unattractive for husbands so they shall become the Abbesses of some convents. Joseph will marry the Princess of Parma. Charles died of smallpox . Leopoldo will marry a Spanish Princess. Ferdinand will marry the Duchess of Massa. Done.

Adviser: What about Maximilian?

Maria Theresa: Meh, he can he an archbishop. I don’t care.

[joannaleszczb]

Idea for future video maybe: I’m from Poland (live in Sweden) and would love to see a video on all the times Poland was occupied. Being the center of Europe meant a lot of invasions.

[BackToHistoryYT]

Excited for the last part! Thanks for this series

[Patrick_Knowlton]

Ah, the famous Hapsburg family wreath.