Talk:Sinulog festival

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[edit] House of Habsburg

I just want to make clear that Habsburg is also spelled as Hapsburg. Spelling variations include: Habsburg, Hapsburg, Habspurg, Habsperg, Hapspurg and many more. The House of Hapsburg is also known as the House of Austria. And the Hapsburg Coat of Arms is a hawk, not an eagle. Here's my source: http://www.sinulog.ph/stories/backgrounder.html Jute 07:36, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Habsburg, like any family name, gets misspelled many ways but the spelling used by the ultimate authority on such matters (the family itself) and all official documents is always Habsburg. Most instances of the misspelling "Hapsburg" originate with British publications, but they spell many things differently. The two-headed bird is from the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire, not the family arms of the Habsburgs (which had a bird with a single head) who eventually became its emperors. It came from the Byzantine Empire, the heads looking east and west symbolizing the two portions of the Roman Empire with its two capitals and two emperors. It is always referred to as an eagle in its heraldry. The fact that the name Habsburg comes originally from Habichtsburg ("Hawk's Castle") may be part of what led to the confusion in the source you cite. I would be careful with that source: it also equates King Carlos I of Spain with Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. He was Charles V, not VI. I suggest that source may not been overly careful with details.--StanZegel 14:13, 9 August 2005 (UTC)