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For Holy Roman Emperor Frederick IV, King of Germany and Bohemia, and Duke of Pomerania and Tyrol, the War of Austrian Succession had been a mixed success. At the death of his cousin, Archduke Karl VI, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Iberia, he contested the inheritance of the Hapsburg lands by a woman, Maria Theresa. When Bohemia and Austria fell to his Imperial armies, the Archduchess fled to Iberia, where she managed to cement her rule. Unwilling to persecute such a distant war nor engage in a prolonged internal war, Frederick sued for peace, content with the thrones of Bohemia and Hungary and the western parts of Austria—leaving Austria proper to Maria Theresa's younger sister Maria Anna and the Duchies of Carinola and Styria and the lands of Gorizia and Gradisca and Istria to his youngest brother, Joseph.
Unexpectedly, the Hungarian noblemen resisted a German king and instead elected one of their own as King of Hungary and Croatia, while Lower Tyrol and the Duchy of Carinola rebelled against his and his brother's rule. Branding them all rebels, Frederick IV vowed to bring them back into the fold. While he lead his main army into Bohemia to cement his rule, a smaller force lead by Joseph marched south in 1562, intend to hanging the rebels in South Tyrol and Carinthia. Frederick planned to lead his forces into Hungary after securing Bohemia.
Brenner, South Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire
18 May 1762
Joseph lead the army, of course. With a squad of royal dragoons a step behind him, he'd crossed the boundary of the rebellious territory only minutes earlier. Though the Hapsburg governor of South Tyrol had declared that South Tyrol would resist the Emperor, the truth of the matter was far from absolute. The hussar scouts that advanced ahead of the army had awakened the town, which formed a curious band of onlookers, rather than an armed mob, as the German army arrived.
"Are you the Emperor?" one asked, in the Austrian German tongue. Joseph could make out enough to understand the question.
"I am an Imperial Prince, Joseph Stephen Anton," he replied in West German, pausing his horse and procession in the middle of the small settlement. "I trust you are loyal subjects of the His Imperial Majesty, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick the Fourth?"
"Long live the Emperor!" the crowd answered.
Joseph nodded solemnly. "Who leads the rebellion against His Imperial Majesty?"
"Botzen, sire," a man answered. "God knows what that mayor is thinking."
Again, the prince nodded. "I am elated by your loyalty to His Imperial Majesty. In recognition, we will to Botzen without issue. Your lives and property are safe."
The gravity of the situation sunk into the crowd, then. Were they really that close to being killed? Had the emperor thought they were rebellion? If Joseph had been more hawk-like, would he have razed their village without a second thought? "Long live the Emperor!" they repeated. "Long live Prince Joseph!"
Joseph signaled to his army and, with the sound of a bugle, it continued its march south. The city of Botzen was still over a day's march.
Unexpectedly, the Hungarian noblemen resisted a German king and instead elected one of their own as King of Hungary and Croatia, while Lower Tyrol and the Duchy of Carinola rebelled against his and his brother's rule. Branding them all rebels, Frederick IV vowed to bring them back into the fold. While he lead his main army into Bohemia to cement his rule, a smaller force lead by Joseph marched south in 1562, intend to hanging the rebels in South Tyrol and Carinthia. Frederick planned to lead his forces into Hungary after securing Bohemia.
Brenner, South Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire
18 May 1762
Joseph lead the army, of course. With a squad of royal dragoons a step behind him, he'd crossed the boundary of the rebellious territory only minutes earlier. Though the Hapsburg governor of South Tyrol had declared that South Tyrol would resist the Emperor, the truth of the matter was far from absolute. The hussar scouts that advanced ahead of the army had awakened the town, which formed a curious band of onlookers, rather than an armed mob, as the German army arrived.
"Are you the Emperor?" one asked, in the Austrian German tongue. Joseph could make out enough to understand the question.
"I am an Imperial Prince, Joseph Stephen Anton," he replied in West German, pausing his horse and procession in the middle of the small settlement. "I trust you are loyal subjects of the His Imperial Majesty, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick the Fourth?"
"Long live the Emperor!" the crowd answered.
Joseph nodded solemnly. "Who leads the rebellion against His Imperial Majesty?"
"Botzen, sire," a man answered. "God knows what that mayor is thinking."
Again, the prince nodded. "I am elated by your loyalty to His Imperial Majesty. In recognition, we will to Botzen without issue. Your lives and property are safe."
The gravity of the situation sunk into the crowd, then. Were they really that close to being killed? Had the emperor thought they were rebellion? If Joseph had been more hawk-like, would he have razed their village without a second thought? "Long live the Emperor!" they repeated. "Long live Prince Joseph!"
Joseph signaled to his army and, with the sound of a bugle, it continued its march south. The city of Botzen was still over a day's march.
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