This would make King Ferdinand of Aragon, under whom the Spanish Inquistion took place, also of Jewish origin. This tracing of the genealogy of the House of Hapsburg shows also that for its rule ...

Diego Velázquez’s “Queen Mariana of Austria” (1652-53), a monumental portrait of the daughter of the Hapsburg Emperor Ferdinand III, is at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., ...

The early chapters of The Assassination of the Archduke concentrate on Franz Ferdinand’s family, birth, childhood, education, and military career. This gives the reader a good look at the complexities ...