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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3579818, member: 89314&quot;]The problem I have with &quot;All Honors Belong to Austria&quot; is that I think it is in German (<i>Aller Ehren Ist Oestreich Voll</i>) while one would expect it to be a Latin abbreviation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other suggestions I have seen are:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><i>Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan </i></i>(All the world is subject to Austria, also in German)</p><p><i>Aquila Electa Juste Omnia Vincit</i> (The eagle is elected, conquers all things justly OR the elected eagle conquers all things justly)</p><p><i>Austria est imperio optime unita</i> (Austria is best united by the Empire)</p><p><i>Austria erit in orbe ultima</i> (Austria will be the last (surviving) in the world)</p><p><br /></p><p>When Charles V was both Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain (and along with it the Spanish Netherlands, Southern Italy and Spanish America), the &quot;ruling the world&quot; interpretations would make sense. However, AEIOV was apparently first&nbsp; used by Habsburg Emperor Friedrich III (1415–1493) who at the time was not even Archduke of Austria, just Duke of Syria. (Source: Wikipedia).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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