under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century
the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701
any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736) n
a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
