Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1866, Austria yakarasikirwa nehondo nePrussia nedzimwe nyika dzeItaly. Francis Joseph I akakurudzirwa kugadzirisa zvinetso zvemukati zveumambo hwake uye akakurudzirwa zvakanaka kuti ape kusimudzira kukuru kuvakuru veHungary, avo vakanga varamba vachimushora passive mushure mekupwanywa kwe
Shanduko yeHungary ya1848 na1849. NeChibvumirano cheAustria-Hungary cha1867 ("Ausgleich"), Humambo hweHungary neHumambo hweAustria semasangano maviri akaparadzana akabatana pamwechete zvakaenzana kuumba Humambo hweDual hweAustria-Hungary. Nokudaro nyika dzaichimbotongwa neHabsburg dzakanga dzagadziridzwa kuva mubatanidzwa miviri iyo yaigoverana mambo uye hondo yakafanana, uto rehondo uye mutemo wokunze. Transylvania yakava zvakare chikamu cheHungary apo Croatia-Slavonia yakabvumwa sechikamu cheNyika yeCrown yeSt Stephen, iyo yainzi Transleithania nevakuru vehurumende kuti vaisiyanise kubva kuCisleithania, chikamu cheAustria cheHumambo kubva muna 1867 zvichienda mberi. Aya ekupedzisira aizivikanwa mukutonga kwemukati se "Humambo uye Nyika Dzinomiririrwa muImperial Council" ("Die im Reichsrat vertretenen Königreiche und Länder"). Zvisiri pamutemo kubvira ipapo, nzvimbo idzi dzainzi "Austria" kubva muna 1915 kusvika muna 1918, pasinei nokuti vagari vose vaiva vagari vemuAustria kubvira muna 1867.