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From whom did the Austrian House of Habsburg inherit the Imperial fiefs of the former Burgundian Netherlands?
House of Valois-Burgundy
House of Bourbon
House of Tudor
House of Oranje-Nassau
Answer
The Austrian House of Habsburg inherited the Imperial fiefs of the former Burgundian Netherlands from the extinct House of Valois-Burgundy upon the death of Mary of Burgundy in 1482.
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