Researchers examined historical portraits of these monarchs to study their unusual facial quirks and trace familial ties ...

The Austrian royal family has gone into mourning following the death of Archduchess Estelle, who died at the start of the month. A statement from the Carnet du Figaro bulletin read: "Her husband ...

Furthermore, the European Royal families had to grapple ... A small upper jaw was notably present in five family members: Maximilian I, his daughter Margaret of Austria, his nephew Charles I ...

Royal weddings are the closest real-life equivalent of fairytale love stories, but not all of them end happily. Less than two years after they tied the knot, Archduke Alexander of Austria and Natacha ...

One study has suggested that a distinct facial deformity seen in the Habsburg dynasty was caused by inbreeding, which was ...

The Habsburgs ruled vast swathes of Europe for more than 200 years but the dynasty became known for its inbreeding as well as ...