The habsburg empire did all of the following except
a. take control of hungary, croatia, and slovonia.
b. lose their holy roman empire in germany.
c. remain a collection of territories.
d. establish a centralized, absolutist state.

The correct option to the given question is option “D”. The Habsburg Empire did not establish a centralised, absolutist state. The Habsburg Empire existed between the years 1814 and 1918. This empire was also known as the Austrian Empire. This empire did take control over Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. This empire was basically formed by the collection of several territories. The Holy Roman Empire came to a disastrous end following a defeat in the hands of Napoleon the great general of the French.