The dynasty played a crucial role in the self-image of the Habsburg Monarchy; after all, the original existence of the multi-ethnic state was bound up with the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The Habsburg Empire was a product of dynastic politics and in the age of national states increasingly seen as an outdated relic.
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