Habsburg

Meanings

Proper Noun

• An Alpine castle in Aargau canton, northern Switzerland.
• A Swabian noble family named after it, which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Austria, at times other countries (mainly in Iberia and the former Burgundian territories) and supplied successive (elected) emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.

Noun

• A member of the Habsburg noble family.

Adjective

• relating to the Habsburg family and dynasty

Origin

• From German Habsburg, according to legend from Habichtsburg (Habicht + Burg).