[iowamark]

Riflemen stand guard at the coffins of Otto von Habsburg and his wife Regina in the basilica of Mariazell, Austria Tuesday July 12, 2011 . The oldest son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor and longtime head of one of Europe's most influential families, died Monday July 4, 2011 at the age of 98. His wife died in 2010. Now the couple will be reunited. The burial is scheduled for Saturday July 16, 2011 in Vienna.

Georg von Habsburg, (left) and Karl von Habsburg, (right) sons of Otto von Habsburg and his wife Regina wait for the coffins of their parents for a ceremony in Mariazell, Austria Tuesday July 12, 2011. The oldest son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor and longtime head of one of Europe's most influential families had died Monday July 4, 2011 at the age of 98. His wife had died in 2010. Now the couple will be reunited. The burial is scheduled for Saturday July 16, 2011 in Vienna.

[iowamark]

[Jack Hammer]

History up close; it doesn’t get any more powerful than this.

[Mariner]

If one does not know the history of the Hapsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire, they do not know the history of Western Civilization.

Get on WIKIPEDIA and research this colorful and grand history.

They changed the world and mostly for the better, over a period of 1,000 years.

The longest reigning empire in the history of Europe. And the Richest. And the Smartest.

Sarah Palin is our Maria Theresa of the Hapsburg's.

[Beowulf9]

I had no idea the Hapsburg’s were still around, and RULING still! Wow!