Friday, November 6, 2009

Top 5 Habsburg Moustaches

The House of Habsburg ruled over Austria for 6 centuries, as well as being Holy Roman Emporers from 1452 to 1740. More importantly however, these dudes had some AWESOME facial hair. Here is my personal top 5. Feel free to argue.

5. Albrecht II
Seen here sporting the 1970's baseball star. Albrecht II was king of Germany untill 1483.

4.Ferdinand IIIFerdinand III looks dignified in his Fu Manchu variation that helped him become Holy Roman Emporer in 1637

3.Rudolph II
Rudolf's unkempt moustache/beard combo (plus his lazy and ineffective ruling) led straight to the 30 years war.

2.Franz Joseph
The man himself, for me, there is nothing else to call his moustache other than the "Franz Joseph".

1. Maximilian I

The first (and only) Habsburg Emporer of Mexico. The Mexicans were somehow not charmed by his enormous facial hair. He was executed in 1867.

1 comment:

  1. Max looks like his toupee slipped from the top of his head! Good thing you cut your hair or you would have been mistaken for a descendent of Ferdinand as you make your way around.

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