reigning monarch of Austria-Hungary Otto von Habsburg, former head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and MEP for Germany (1979–1999) Karl von Habsburg, current head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and MEP for Austria (1996–1999) Family tree Habsburg family tree In literature The most famous memoir on the decline of the Habsburg Empire is Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday. See also Habsburg Myth Universal monarchy References Citations Sources Further reading Fichtner, Paula Sutter (2003). The Habsburg Monarchy, 1490–1848: Attributes of Empire, Palgrave Macmillan. Henderson, Nicholas. "Joseph II" History Today (Sept 1955) 5#9 pp. 613–621. Judson, Pieter M. The Habsburg Empire: A New History (2016) excerpt Kann, Robert A. A History of the Habsburg Empire: 1526–1918 (University of California Press, 1974) online Lieven, Dominic. Empire: The Russian empire and its rivals (Yale University Press, 2002), comparisons with Russian, British, & Ottoman empires. McCagg, Jr., William O (1989). A History of the Habsburg Jews, 1670–1918 (Indiana University Press. Mitchell, A. Wess (2018). The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire. Princeton University Press. Oakes, Elizabeth and Eric Roman (2003). Austria-Hungary and the Successor States: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present. Stone, Norman. "The Last Days of the Habsburg Monarchy," History Today (Aug 1968), Vol. 18 Issue 8, pp. 551–560; online External links Habsburg in an email discussion list dealing with the culture and history of the Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states in central Europe since 1500, with discussions, syllabi, book reviews, queries, conferences; edited daily by scholars since 1994. Former empires in Europe Former monarchies of Europe . States and territories established in 1526 1526 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 16th-century establishments in Europe States and territories disestablished in 1804 1804 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire 16th century in Europe 17th century in Europe 18th century in Europe 19th century in Europe Monarchy Christian states Tributary states of the Ottoman Empire