was he the best Habsburg?

>>3352624
His Brother and Son were pretty good too. And Maria Theresa was competent. People shit on Rudolf but I like him.

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umm try again sweetie :)

>>3352652
maria theresa is super underrated. joseph II was pretty good too, as was ferdinand I of austria.

most underrated has to go to maximilian I. dude laid the cornerstone of habsburg power and you never hear a damn thing about him.

>>3352662
I want a king, not a guy who shits his pants

>>3352674
Joseph II was our guy

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>>3352698
Stop bein jelly of me and me gf

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>>3352796
>someone whacks off to this

>>3352624
His grandpa (Maximilian) was the greatest Habsburg.

He married his son to the heiress of the Catholic monarchs. Both the Queen of Castille and the King of Aragon were about as powerful as any monarch in Europe. Together, they had the most powerful Kingdom. That, along with the lands of his wife, the richest heiress of Europe, made the Spanish Empire one of the strongest in the history of Europe.

Then, he married his youngest grandson to the heiress of Hungary and Bohemia. Along with Austria, Hungary and Bohemia were the basis of the Austrian Empire.

He basically created two of the strongest Empires via marriages.

>>3352674
>maximilian I. dude laid the cornerstone of habsburg power
The one that laid the cornerstones of Habsburg power was Ferdinand of Aragon.The Habsburgers just lucked out into the Spanish succession line after 4 heirs passing away or declared incompetent