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Austria-Hungary existed between 1867 and 1918 and was known as a dual monarchy. The Austrian Empire was weakening in strength and power in the Italian Peninsula and in greater Germany. Hungary was also becoming unhappy with the rule from Vienna and to try and ease the tension the Emperor Franz Joseph decided to negotiate with the Magyars (Hungarians) and agree a compromise. However, certain members of the Austrian parliament - like the prime minister, Count Belcredi, - weren't happy with the way Franz Joseph was going about it and worried that " an accommodation with the Magyar interests would alienate the other nationalities."
Because the Magyar nobility were so powerful in that area at the time, Franz Joseph couldn't simply ignore them. They would not accept any other agreement than dualism with the Austrian élites.
The Magyar leaders wanted Franz Joseph as King of Hungary and wanted to start a paliament in Budapest to look after Hungrian affairs which the Austrians would understand as well as a Hungarian.
So in Februaury 1867 the "Ausgleich" led to the formation of Austria-Hungary.
These three factors ruled the newly formed Austria-Hungary:
Three distinct elements ruled Austria–Hungary:
1. the Hungarian government.
2. the "Austrian" or Cisleithanian government.
3. a unified administration under the monarch.
The two parts of the empire held separate governments and it was the monarch who linked the two together and kept all the affairs of the two countries together. The two parliaments were the Imperial (Austrian) and the Royal (Hungarian).
Now with the Hungrain and Austrian Empire as one there were 18 countries in Austria-Hungary (Cisleithania being Austria and Transleithania being Hungary). They were:
Cisleithania: 1. Bohemia
2. Bukovina
3. Carinthia
4. Carniola
5. Dalmatia
6. Galicia
7. Kustenland
8. Lower Austria
9. Moravia
10. Salzburg
11. Silesia
12. Styria
13. Tirol
14. Upper Austria
15. Vorarlberg; Transleithania:
16. Hungary
17. Croatia and Slavonia
18. Bosnia and Herzegovina
