motto of present-day Austria or the extensive Habsburg monarchy. See also – the motto of Ferdinand I. FERT – Another motto of a European dynasty (the House of Savoy) whose meaning and origin is unclear. the personal motto of Charles V and I, and through him the modern motto of Spain. Austrian Empire Universal monarchy References Further reading Andrew Wheatcroft's The Habsburgs: Embodying Empire (1995), . External links 15th-century neologisms Initialisms Latin mottos Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor