from 1526 the habsburg family ruled bohemia. they were catholics and ruled the holy roman empire. in 1576 the emperor rudolph ii moved the capital from vienna to prague. prague became a rich town again, and people were free to worship as catholics or protestants. after rudolph ii there were a lot of religious fighting and more people were thrown out of windows. eventually the fighting became part of the thirty years’ war. when ferdinand ii won the fighting a lot of protestants left the country. new buildings in prague were built in the baroque style. the german language, not czech, was spoken at court. maria theresa was the only queen to reign over prague. one of her 16 children was marie antoinette who became queen of france. when her son joseph ii ruled, people stopped fighting about religion. the people were free to speak what they thought, and there was no more serfdom. prague now had three parts: the old town, the lesser quarter and the new town. famous people such as wolfgang amadeus mozart visited the town often.