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The Danube Empire is an Empire that was created during the great weakening of Nazi Germany by the Imperial State of Prussia. It is a country ruled by the Hapsburg Dynasty who ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the end of World War I. The Country consists of Eastern Austria, Hungary, Moravia and Slovakia.

History[]

Early History[]

At its core was the dual monarchy which was a real union between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. A third component of the union was the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, an autonomous region under the Hungarian crown, which negotiated the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement in 1868. From 1878 Austria-Hungary jointly governed Bosnia-Herzegovina, which it annexed in 1908. Austria-Hungary was ruled by the House of Habsburg and constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg Monarchy. The union was established by the Austro-Hungarian Compromise on 30 March 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War. Following the 1867 reforms, the Austrian and Hungarian states were co-equal in power. The two states conducted common foreign, defense, and financial policies, but all other governmental faculties were divided among respective states.

Austria-Hungary was a multinational state and one of Europe's major powers at the time. Austria-Hungary was geographically the second-largest country in Europe after the Russian Empire, at 621,538 km2 (239,977 sq mi) and the third-most populous (after Russia and the German Empire). The Empire built up the fourth-largest machine building industry in the world, after the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Austria-Hungary also became the world's third-largest manufacturer and exporter of electric home appliances, electric industrial appliances, and power generation apparatus for power plants, after the United States and the German Empire.

The Austro-Hungarian Compromise remained bitterly unpopular among the ethnic Hungarian voters because ethnic Hungarians did not vote for the ruling pro-compromise parties in the Hungarian parliamentary elections. Therefore, the political maintenance of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (thus Austria-Hungary itself) was mostly a result of the popularity of the pro-compromise ruling Liberal Party among ethnic minority voters in the Kingdom of Hungary.

After 1878, Bosnia and Herzegovina came under Austro-Hungarian military and civilian rule until it was fully annexed in 1908, provoking the Bosnian crisis among the other powers. The northern part of the Ottoman Sanjak of Novi Pazar was also under de facto joint occupation during that period, but the Austro-Hungarian army withdrew as part of their annexation of Bosnia. The annexation of Bosnia also led to Islam being recognized as an official state religion due to Bosnia's Muslim population.

Austria-Hungary was one of the Central Powers in World War I, which began with an Austro-Hungarian war declaration on the Kingdom of Serbia on 28 July 1914. It was already effectively dissolved by the time the military authorities signed the armistice of Villa Giusti on 3 November 1918. The Kingdom of Hungary and the First Austrian Republic were treated as its successors de jure, whereas the independence of the West Slavs and South Slavs of the Empire as the First Czechoslovak Republic, the Second Polish Republic, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, respectively, and most of the territorial demands of the Kingdom of Romania were also recognized by the victorious powers in 1920.

Austria was an independent country until the 1938 Anschluss in which it was annexed by Nazi Germany. Hungary however was a Kingdom ruled by Miklos Horthy, a Protestant Nobleman and Admiral who took charge as the Regent of the Kingdom. Charles I despised the fact that Hungary was ruled by Horthy and desired to return, but Horthy told him many times that Horthy took charge of the Kingdom because Charles can't become king himself because the Allies would have never approved of him being King. Charles led a coup against Horthy to take back the throne of Hungary, but Horthy was victorious, however Horthy and his followers did not celebrate their victory due to the allies finding out about the coup. Hungary was punished for allowing Charles to return to Hungary and start a Coup as Charles was imprisoned in exile and died in his exile as his family was allowed to return to Austria.

After the Anschluss, Hitler annexed Czechoslovakia and then Poland which started World War II, Hitler punished Horthy for daring to surrender and replaced Horthy with Ferenc Szálasi who was the leader of the infamous Pro-Nazi Group known as the Arrow Cross Party. After Hitler won WWII, the Arrow Cross Party ruled Hungary as Austria remained a part of Nazi Germany.

Downfall of the Reich[]

Hitler had died in 1980 and after his death the Reich was weakened by rebellions in which the Imperial State of Prussia had helped the rebels fight the Reich. The aid was successful and due to that, Prussia created a horde of Client States within the former territories of the Reich. East Austria, Hungary, Moravia and Slovakia were merged together into a state known as the Kingdom of Danube. Otto von Hapsburg became the König-Kaiser of Danube and he had helped Danube become a strong state that was able to recover from the horrors of a reign of terror a decades long Holocausts.

Danube's successful recovery had helped make the state strong enough to resist another takeover from the ailing Reich that is already suffering rebellions. Danube plans to help it's liberators return to Germany as it's sovereigns. Otto had died in 2011 and he was succeed by his son Karl von Hapsburg who became Charles I of Danube.

Known Members[]

Monarchs[]

  • Otto I - König-Kaiser
  • Charles I - König-Kaiser

Line of Succession[]

  • König-Kaiser Otto I (1912-2011)
    • König-Kaiser Charles I of Danube (b. 1961) + Francesca von Habsburg-Lothringen (b. 1958)
      • Princess Eleonore von Habsburg (b. 1994) + Jérôme d'Ambrosio (b. 1985)
      • (1) Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Austria (b. 1997) + Countess Isabella von Götzen-Iturbide (born 1997)
        • (2) Prince Franz Joseph of Austria (b. 2021)
      • Princess Gloria von Habsburg (b. 1999)
    • (3) Prince Georg von Habsburg (b. 1964) + Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (b. 1972)
      • Princess Sophie Maria Tatiana Monica Elisabeth Catherine (b. 2001)
      • Princess Hilda Maria Walburga (b. 2002)
      • (4) Prince Karl-Konstantin Michael Stephan Maria (b. 2004)
  • Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915-1996) + Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 1930)
    • Archduchess Maria Beatrice (b. 1954) + Chartres Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg
      • Countess Anna Theresa von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1981)
      • Countess Margherita von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1983)
      • Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1988) + Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon (born 1986)
      • Countess Maximiliana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1990)
      • Countess Marie Gabrielle von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1992)
      • Countess Giorgiana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1997)
    • (5) Archduke Lorenz (b. 1955) + Princess Astrid of Belgium (b. 1962)
      • (6) Archduke Amedeo of Danube (b. 1986) + Elisabetta Rosboch von Wolkenstein
        • Archduchess Anna Astrid (born on 17 May 2016)
        • (7) Archduke Maximilian of Danube (born on 6 September 2019)
      • Princess Maria Laura of Danube, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 1988)
      • (8) Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 1991) + Lena Meyer-Landrut
      • Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (born 1995)
      • Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (born 2003)
    • (9) Archduke Gerhard (b. 1957) + Iris Jandrasits (b. 1961)
    • (10) Archduke Martin (born 21 December 1959) + Princess Katharina Elisabeth Helene Maria of Isenburg
    • Archduchess Isabella (born 2 March 1963)
  • Archduke Felix of Austria (1916-2011) + Princess and Duchess Anna-Eugénie of Arenberg (1925–1997)
    • Archduchess Maria of Austria (born 12 September 1953) + Vollrad-Joachim Ritter und Edler von Poschinger (born 1952): one son and four daughters
    • (11) Archduke Carlos Felipe of Austria (b. 1954) + Anna-Claire Lacrambe (born 1959)
      • Archduke Julián of Austria
      • Luis Damián
    • Archduchess Kinga Barbara of Austria (born 1955) + Baron Wolfgang von Erffa (born 1948): one son and four daughters
    • Archduke Raimund (Ramón) of Austria (1958–2008) + Bettina Götz (b. 1969): one son and two daughters
    • Archduchess Myriam of Austria (b. 1959) + Jaime Corcuera Acheson (b. 1955)
    • (12) Archduke István (Esteban) of Austria (b. 1961) + Paola de Temesváry (b. 1971)
    • Archduchess Viridis of Austria (b. 1961) + Carl Dunning-Gribble, Lord of Marnhull (b. 1961)
  • Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918–2007) + Archduchess Yolande of Austria (née Princesse Yolande Marie Jeanne Charlotte de Ligne; b. 1923)
    • (13) Archduke Rudolf of Austria (b. 1950) + Baroness Hélène de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck (b. 1954)
      • (14) Archduke Carl Christian of Austria ( (b. 1977) + Estelle de Saint-Romain (b. 1979)
      • Archduchess Priscilla of Austria (b. 1979)
      • Archduke Johannes of Habsburg-Lorraine (b. 1981), Catholic priest of the Swiss Fraternity Eucharistein
      • Archduchess Marie-des-Neiges of Austria (b. 1986), member of the Swiss Catholic Fraternity Eucharistein
      • (15) Archduke Franz-Ludwig of Austria (b. 1988) + Mathilde Vignon (b. 1992)
      • (16) Archduke Michael of Austria (b. 1990) + Victoria Marie Esmé Margarita de Silva (b. 1991)
      • Archduke Joseph of Austria (b. 1991), member of the Swiss Catholic Fraternity Eucharistein
    • Archduchess Alexandra of Austria (born 1952)
    • (17) Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (born 1954) + Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria (b. 1954)
      • Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria (b. 1983) + Count Rodolphe of Limburg-Stirum (1979)
      • (18) Archduke Imre of Austria (b. 1985) + Kathleen Walker (b. 1986)
      • (19) Archduke Christoph of Austria (b. 1988) + Adélaïde Drapé-Frisch (b. 1989)
      • (20) Archduke Alexander of Austria (b. 1990) + Lady Viola Georgina Grosvenor (b. 12 October 1992)
      • (21) Archduchess Gabriella of Austria (b. 1994) +Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma (b. 1991)
    • Archduchess Maria Constanza of Austria (born 1957); married Franz Josef, Prince (Fürst) von Auersperg-Trautson
      • Princess Anna Maria of Auersperg-Trautson (b. 1997) + Benedikt Baron von Uslar-Gleichen (20 January 1996)
      • Princess Alexandra Maria of Auersperg-Trautson (b. & d. 9 February 1998)
      • Princess Ladislaya of Auersperg-Trautson (b. 1999)
      • Princess Eleonora of Auersperg-Trautson (b. 2002)
    • Archduchess Maria Anna Charlotte Zita Elisabeth Regina Therese of Austria (b. 1954) + Prince Peter Galitzine (b. 1955)
      • Princess Xenia Petrovna Galitzine (b. 1983) + Alberto Matta y Maya (b. 1983)
      • Princess Tatiana Petrovna Galitzine (b. 1984) + Guillermo Sierra y Uribe (13 June 1984)
      • Princess Alexandra Petrovna Galitzine (b. 1986)
      • Princess Maria Petrovna Galitzine (1988–2020)
      • Prince Dimitri Petrovich Galitzine (b. 1990) + Isabella-Amalia de Baviera Poletti Galimberti de Assandri (born 1991)
      • Prince Ioann Teimouraz Petrovich Galitzine (b. 1992) + Countess Marie Gabrielle von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (born 1992)
    • (22) Archduke Karl Peter Otto Serge Joseph Paul Leopold Heinrich of Austria (b. 1955) + Princess Alexandra von Wrede (b. 1970)
    • (23) Archduke Simeon Carl Eugen Joseph Leopold of Austria (b. 1958) + Princess María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1967)
      • (24) Archduke Johannes Rudolf Antonio Maria of Austria (born 29 October 1997 in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Austria) + Duchess Pauline Philippa Adelheid Helena Marie of Württemberg (b. 1997)
      • (25) Archduke Ludwig Christian Fransikus Maria of Austria (born 16 November 1998 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland) + Princess Marie-Caroline Elisabeth Immaculata of Liechtenstein, Countess Rietberg (b. 1996)
      • Archduchess Isabelle Rocio Maravillas Lourdes of Austria (b. 2000)
      • Archduchess Carlotta Adelaïde Teresa Maria of Austria (b. 2003)
      • (26) Archduke Philipp Jozef Christian Maria of Austria (b. 2007)

Prime Ministers[]

  • Austria
    • Bruno Kreisky (1980-1990)
    • Fred Sinowatz (1990-2001)
    • Wolfgang Schüssel (2001-2020)
    • Sebastian Kurz (2020-present)
  • Hungary
    • Péter Boross (1980-1994)
    • Gyula Horn (1994-1997)
    • Viktor Orbán (1997-present)
  • Moravia and Slovakia
    • Marián Čalfa (1980-1990)
    • Andrej Kiska (1990-2000)
    • Miloš Zeman (2000-2019)
    • Jan Stráský (2019-present)

Military[]

  • Marshall Edmund Entacher - Chief of Staff of the United Armed Forces of Danube
  • Austrian Armed Forces
    • General Robert Brieger - Chief of Austrian Armed Forces Staff
    • Colonel Philipp Ségur-Cabanac - Chief of Austrian Army
    • Othmar Commenda - Chief of Austrian Air Force
  • Hungarian Armed Forces
    • Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi - Chief of Hungarian Armed Forces Staff
    • Lieutenant General Dr Gábor Böröndi - Chief of Hungarian Army
    • Major General Nándor Kilián - Chief of the Hungarian Air Force
  • Moravia and Slovakia
    • Brig. Gen. Ladislav Jung - Chief of Moravian and Slovakian Armed Forces Staff
    • Major General Jindrich Joch - Chief of the Moravian and Slovakian Army
    • Brigade General Petr Hromek - Chief of the Moravian and Slovakian Air Force
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