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When the Ottoman Empire (officialy called "Empire of Rum" since the Fall Rome) under Suleiman the Magnificent conquered Vienna in 1529 and occupied large parts of Austria, the Habsburgs had to flee the country and left a power vaccum, wich the Ottomans filled with George VI. of the House of Liechtenstein, a wealthy family owning vast amounts of lands in Austria.

The Austrian baron was crowned "His Royal Majesty, George I., by the Grace of God, King of Austria" on October 24th, 1529 in Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral, the very same cathedral from wich the Austrian's had organized the unsuccsessful defense of their city. The newly created Kingdom consisted of Upper- and Lower Austria, Styria, Craniola, Carinthia and Salzburg and had it's capital at Vienna.

The Habsburg, who had only recently acquired the Holy Roman Imperial crown, went into decline soon afterwards and made way for the House of Wittelsbach to become the dominant nobel house of the Empire for the rest of it's existense.

The Empire of Rum now streched from the Alps to the deserts of Arabia, had it's capital in the eternal city of Rome and stood at the peak of it's power. Further expansion into Europe could only be stopped in a very costly war by a spanish-german-danish coalition. Instead, Suleiman turned his gaze east-wards where he expanded his Empire on the cost of the declining Persian Empire into the northern Caucassus.

Credits: Elements taken from wikimedia commons.

Description
When the Ottoman Empire (officialy called "Empire of Rum" since the Fall Rome) under Suleiman the Magnificent conquered Vienna in 1529 and occupied large parts of Austria, the Habsburgs had to flee the country and left a power vaccum, wich the Ottomans filled with George VI. of the House of Liechtenstein, a wealthy family owning vast amounts of lands in Austria.

The Austrian baron was crowned "His Royal Majesty, George I., by the Grace of God, King of Austria" on October 24th, 1529 in Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral, the very same cathedral from wich the Austrian's had organized the unsuccsessful defense of their city. The newly created Kingdom consisted of Upper- and Lower Austria, Styria, Craniola, Carinthia and Salzburg and had it's capital at Vienna.

The Habsburg, who had only recently acquired the Holy Roman Imperial crown, went into decline soon afterwards and made way for the House of Wittelsbach to become the dominant nobel house of the Empire for the rest of it's existense.

The Empire of Rum now streched from the Alps to the deserts of Arabia, had it's capital in the eternal city of Rome and stood at the peak of it's power. Further expansion into Europe could only be stopped in a very costly war by a spanish-german-danish coalition. Instead, Suleiman turned his gaze east-wards where he expanded his Empire on the cost of the declining Persian Empire into the northern Caucassus.

Credits: Elements taken from wikimedia commons.