The Strategic Failure of the Habsburg Chin

Published: Sept. 14, 2013, 10:34 p.m.

(Kirsti) What\u2019s the best approach to consolidating power and land within your family? The ambitious Habsburgs achieved greatness through marrying close relations\u2014surely a sound policy that could have no consequences at all! This week we\u2019ll talk about love (or the lack thereof), marriage, and the chin that sparked a war.