Example sentences for: hapsburgs

How can you use “hapsburgs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Spanish crown duly passed to the Hapsburgs, and Spain remained in their hands until the feeble-minded Carlos II died in 1700, leaving no heir.

  • Originally a Roman settlement and center of learning, Évora is now a city of splendid Renaissance buildings, mostly dating from its heyday as the base of the House of Aviz (rulers of Portugal from the 14th century until the Spanish Hapsburgs took over in 1581).

  • “ Madrid de los As­tu­rias” is named for the Hapsburgs instrumental in the city’s rapid growth during the 1600s.

  • From 1494 to 1530, the Spanish Hapsburgs and the French turned Italy into a battleground for the Kingdom of Naples and the Duchy of Milan.

  • In the subsequent War of the Spanish Succession (1702 –1713) most of the old kingdom of Aragón, including the Balearics, backed the Hapsburgs.


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