Most important dynasty in Europe?

Which of these dynasties is/was the most important in the Imperial Age, Renesaince and Early Modern???

I'd vote for Bourbons in France because France gathered it's status under them, and gained many victories.

PS!! Sorry, ofr not having Osmanoglu dynasty in it.

The Habsburg can be considered as a whole both in Austria and in Spain, with Karl V/ Carlos I they were the same, and, after his abdication, their interests were the same.

I have voted the Austria in Spain because Habsburg foreing policies followed, more or less, the way indicated by the Spanish ramification of the family. (If somebody doesn't know it, Austria is the name the Habsburg were called in Spain)

Rider:

The ideal (and myth) of universal empire was still alive around 1500, although by mid century the Reformation and the impossible size of the Habsburg empire had pretty much destroyed it.  Charles V abdicated in part because the job of ruling all of that was beyond any one man.

The Habsburgs had assembled all these lands through dynastic marriages.  The Austrian Habsburg "patrimonial" duchies and later all the low countries in Maximillian's marriage to Mary of Burgundy in the later 15th century.  The Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, acquired the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily...these two families were joined in marriage and the heir of the Spanish monarchs was the Habsburg Charles V, King of Spain, Naples, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Brabant, Flanders...AND Holy Roman Emperor in 1519!

The Austrian side added the Kingdom of Hungary, and were kings of Bohemia as elected monarchs (later that crown became hereditary).  And in addition, Spain brought all the new world of America, except Brazil, into the mix.

OK so far?   

When Charles in 1550 something (1555?) realized the enormity of this responsibility, he split the 'realm' into two upon abdication, with Spanish Habsburgs keeping Italian lands (including now Milan), the Netherlands, America and Phillipines, and Austrian Habsburgs keeping the duchies, Hungary, Bohemia and the Imperial title......maybe he saw that germany was going badly with the Reformation and all the conflict there and he felt Spain could keep the very wealthy Netherlands, the metals of the Americas and be able to fight off the Turks in the Meditteranean.  Not sure there, but he kept the wealthiest parts for his son Phillips II and left the troublesome German problem to Austria.

These houses were related closely until late in the 17th century, and there was always the bond of Catholic solidarity especially during the Counterreformation.  They cooperated closely during the first half of the Thirty Years War, but as Spain declined, both branches realized their interests were less closely connected, and their policies thereafter moved in separate directions.  Of course the Spanish Habsburg line died out in 1700.

Hope this makes some sense.

yes they are.

Well, in a mater of fact, you can't say that one dynasty has been more powerful just because it still alsts or has lasted longer.

Even if the last members head was cut of then, still you can't say the dynasty wasn't powerful or did something bad...