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The Anschluss ('fusion') of 12 March 1938 was the annexation and formal union of Austria with Germany. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the Nazi leader of Germany, dreamed of an empire which enclosed all German speakers, his 'Greater Germany'...

Anne of Austria (1601-1666), as the wife of King Louis XIII of France (r. 1610-1643), was queen consort of France and of Navarre when the Kingdom of Navarre was annexed by the French Crown. She also acted as regent for her son...

Louis XIV and Anne of Austria, oil on canvas by unknown artist, France, c. 1639. Portrait of the Dauphin of France, Louis XIV, and his mother, Anne of Austria. Serving as regent of France during her son's minority...

Portrait of Marie Louise of Austria (l. 1791-1847), oil on canvas by Robert Lefevre, 1812. Daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria, she was the second wife of French Emperor Napoleon I and was therefore...

Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1771-1847), brother of Austrian Emperor Francis I, and one of Austria's most capable generals during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815...

Juana of Austria with a Young Girl, painting by Sofonisba Anguissola, Italy, c.1561. Juana of Austria (1535–1573), daughter of Emperor Charles V, married Prince Juan of Portugal and later served as the...

Anne of Austria, Queen of France (1601-1666), oil on canvas portrait by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting Anne in ornate dressing and a lace collar, c. 1625. Palace of Versailles.

Group portrait of Louis XIII of France (r. 1610-1643), Anne of Austria (l. 1601-1666), and their son Louis XIV of France (r. 1643-1715), flanked by Cardinal Richelieu and the Duchesse de Chevreuse...

Infanta Ana Mauricia, better known as Anne of Austria (1601-1666), when she was 6 years old, oil on canvas Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, 1607. Baltimore Museum of Art.

An aerial view of St. Florian Monastery, Upper Austria. This abbey is where the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-96) worked as the organist and where he is buried (beneath the organ).