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AEIOU
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Also known as A E I O U

thumb|Illumination from the records of King Frederick, dated 1446 "A.E.I.O.U." (sometimes spelled A.E.I.O.V.) was a symbolic device coined by Emperor Frederick III (1415–1493) and historically used as a motto by the Habsburgs. One note in his notebook (discovered in 1666), though not in the same hand, explains it in German and Latin as "All the world is subject to Austria" ( or ). Frederick habitually signed buildings such as Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome, , or Graz Cathedral as well as his tableware and other objects with the vowel graphemes. A.E.I.O.U. is also the motto of the Theresian Mil

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AEIOU Buchmalerei in der Handregistratur König Friedrichs IV 1446.jpg
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A.E.I.O.U. (Habsburg)
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AEIOU is een klinkercombinatie die de Habsburgse keizer Frederik III (1415-1493) op veel representatieve gebouwen in Wenen liet aanbrengen. De betekenis van de afkorting is niet bekend. Voorkomende interpretaties zijn: * Austria est imperio optime unita * Austria erit in orbe ultima (Oostenrijk zal er altijd zijn) * Austriae est imperare orbi universo (Het is aan Oostenrijk de wereld te beheersen) * Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan (Het gehele aardrijk is aan Oostenrijk onderworpen) * Anagram van Ieoua (Jehova)

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