APH Austria Week : Day Three
𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐢ī, 𝐭ū 𝐟ē𝐥𝐢𝐱 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐧ū𝐛𝐞; @hetaliaaustriaweek
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖, 𝑶 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂, 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚;
𝐍𝐚𝐦 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢ī𝐬, 𝐝𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬.
𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒆.
Left to right : Kingdom of Portugal The union of Eleanor of Portugal to Frederick III (1453), Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the arch sleepyhead was known to have unified the partitioned Austrian lands and succeeded Bohemia and Hungary as king, further solidifying the growing power of the Habsburgs; coined the ever famous acronym synonymous with their imperial pursuit 'AEIOU'. Spanish Habsburgs. 1496 - The union of Joana of Castile and Philip the Handsome (Habsburg), their son Charles thusly crowned the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and inheriting both Spanish crown lands and New World riches, Burgundian territories, begetting regional influence of their Austrian house. Kingdom of Bohemia Upon the extinction of the House of Babenberg, the imperial fief Duchy of Austria was left vacant of a ruler. King Ottokar of the Přemyslid dynasty was not only supported by Austrian nobles but marrying Queen Margaret entitled him to the piece of land. (1251)
Right to left : Kingdom of Hungary Though often in conflict, sometimes allied, the reconquest of Buda following the Austrian victory against the Ottomans in the second siege of 1683 further entrenched their influence over the Hungarian territories. Later onward the elevation and compromise in 1867 established the dual monarchy between the sovereigns. Kingdom of Burgundy 1477, Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I wedded following the Siege of Neuss. It was borne out of a strategy to secure Burgundian territory and his father, Frederick III weakening his political rival Duke Charles the Bold, father to Mary. When Louis XI of France claimed much of the Burgundian region for their taking, Maximilian set out on a campaign and defeated the French forces. Kingdom of France The coat of arms that can be seen is one of Marie Antoinette's as Queen Consort of France. Reviled many a great thing, from her political involvement and achievements, still she was symbolic of Empress Maria Theresa's ultimate countermeasure against the growing powers of Prussia and Great Britain; ending the centuries long end enmity with the French, her youngest daughter Maria Antonia wedded to Louis XV of France to secure the Franco-Austrian alliance. (1770)
my bABYGIIIIIIIIIIRL my sweetheart oh you lovely thing used as a political pawn
like it's so funny going into the whole yeah habsburgs married a lot and you read further the habsburgs married a lot they were so locked for the love of the game atp and roderich coming into the picture symbolising a number of the major alliances and playing the part of a consort will never not be beautifully tragic
how for royals marriage is never for love and for someone like roderich his perception of love too has been so horribly skewered because all he knew and was conditioned with is how it was only a basis of arrangement for political gain
how on earth do you break out of that mindset when your entire branding is marriage marriage marriage ? i fear even at present he still doesn't quite understand the notion of being loved unconditionally because everything had a term
his value as a representative affected his individuality hence the moments you see in canon of his insistence appearing "plain", "horrid" in simple holiday themed outfits (the santa outfit in that one christmas event on hima's blog)
as austria he is beautiful and the crown jewel of the habsburgs, without that identity the person roderich is nothing special to think about nor is he memorable; he's messy, he's actually laidback, he's lazy, he's all things he doesn't think is appealing
he's so messy and a walking contradiction and i want to incinerate him
