Let's face it, Austrian dukes must have had delusions of grandeur to restyle themselves as archdukes. Imagine if Trump had styled himself Archpresident.
From what I remember, deep state went on a hunt to extinguish all those royal bloodlines - France, Austria, Hungary, Russia - Many of the wars until lat 1890s was because of this. There is a lot of literature in 1890s where people are hopeful that the time of war has passed and the people of the world can finally look forward to peace.
OK, I am not a history buff but at least wikipedia agrees that archduke was a title manufactured by a duke to make them look better.
The title was not used systematically until the 14th century, when the title "Archduke of Austria" was invented in the forged Privilegium Maius (1358–1359) by Duke Rudolf IV of Austria, called Rudolf the Founder (German: Rudolf der Gründer).
KEK They probably knew the Arch Duke was a Deep Stater that was being removed by his own Deep State. He had outlived his usefulness.
I forgot Ottomans. And dont forget the Russians as well. It was a purge of royal bloodlines.
He stood no chance
I was about destroying Catholic monarchies
Germans were Catholic.
Let's face it, Austrian dukes must have had delusions of grandeur to restyle themselves as archdukes. Imagine if Trump had styled himself Archpresident.
From what I remember, deep state went on a hunt to extinguish all those royal bloodlines - France, Austria, Hungary, Russia - Many of the wars until lat 1890s was because of this. There is a lot of literature in 1890s where people are hopeful that the time of war has passed and the people of the world can finally look forward to peace.
OK, I am not a history buff but at least wikipedia agrees that archduke was a title manufactured by a duke to make them look better.