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The empire of Austria was proclaimed in 1804 by the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (1768-1835) who became also the austrian emperor as Francis I. From 1804 to 1806, when the Holy Empire was abolished, this monarch was known as the double emperor. Until 1804 Austria was an archduchy, with an own...

When Albania became a kingdom in 1928 the new king Zog I (1895-1961) decided to adopt the historical helmet of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405-1468) as the national royal crown. Skanderbeg, prince of Krujë, was an albanian national hero who fighted against the ottoman rule in the half of XV...