Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

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Francis II
Portrait by Joseph Kreutzinger, c. 1815
Holy Roman Emperor
King of the Romans
King in Germany
Reign 5 July 1792 – 6 August 1806
Proclamation 14 July 1792, Frankfurt
Predecessor Leopold II
Successor Monarchy Abolished (Napoleon as Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine)
Governors
(in Habsburg Netherlands)
Archduke/Emperor of Austria
Reign 1 March 1792/11 August 1804 – 2 March 1835
Predecessor Leopold VII
Successor Ferdinand I
Chancellor Klemens von Metternich
King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia
Reign 1 March 1792 – 2 March 1835
Coronations
Predecessor Leopold II
Successor Ferdinand V
King of Lombardy–Venetia
Reign 9 June 1815 – 2 March 1835
Successor Ferdinand I
Head of the Präsidialmacht Austria
In office 20 June 1815 – 2 March 1835
Successor Ferdinand I
Born (1768-02-12)12 February 1768
Palzzo Pitti Florence, Tuscany, HRE
Died 2 March 1835(1835-03-02) (aged 67)
Hofburg, Vienna, Austrian Empire
Spouse Elisabeth of Württemberg (m 1788)
Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily (m 1790)
Maria Ludovika Beatrix of Modena (m 1808)
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (m 1816)
Issue Marie Louise, Empress of the French
Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria
Maria Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil and Queen of Portugal
Clementina, Princess of Salerno
Archduke Joseph Franz
Marie Caroline, Crown Princess of Saxony
Archduke Franz Karl
Archduchess Maria Anna
Full name
Franz Josef Karl
House Habsburg-Lorraine (Austria)
Father Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother Maria Luisa of Spain
Burial Imperial Crypt, Vienna
Signature
Religion Roman Catholicism

Francis II or I (Franz Josef Karl; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II (from 1792 to 1806), and the founder and Emperor of the Austrian Empire as Francis I from 1804 till 1835.



Issue[edit]

  1. Archduchess Ludovika Elisabeth of Austria (18 February 1790 - 24 June 1791) died in infancy.
  2. Archduchess Maria Ludovika of Austria (12 December 1791 - 17 December 1847) married Napoleon.
  3. Ferdinand I of Austria (19 April 1793 - 29 June 1875) married Maria Anna of Savoy but had no issue.
  4. Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria (8 June 1794 - 16 March 1795) died in infancy.
  5. Archduchess Caroline Ludovika of Austria (22 December 1795 - 30 June 1797) died in infancy.
  6. Maria Leopoldine of Austria (22 January 1797 - 11 December 1826) married Pedro I of Brazil and had issue.
  7. Archduchess Maria Klementina of Austria (1 March 1798 - 3 September 1881) married Leopold, Prince of Salerno and had issue.
  8. Archduke Joseph Franz Leopold of Austria (9 April 1799 - 30 June 1807) died in infancy.
  9. Archduchess Karoline Ferdinande of Austria (8 April 1801 - 22 May 1832) married Frederick Augustus II of Saxony but had no issue.
  10. Archduke Franz Karlof Austria (17 December 1802 - 8 March 1878) married Princess Sophie of Bavaria.
  11. Archduchess Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (8 June 1804 - 28 December 1858) died unmarried.
  12. Archduke Johann Nepomuk of Austria (30 August 1805 - 19 February 1809) died in infancy.
  13. Archduchess Amalie Theresa of Austria (6 April 1807 - 9 April 1807) died in infancy.



Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
Cadet branch of the House of Lorraine
Born: 12 February 1768 Died: 2 March 1835
Regnal titles
Preceded by Holy Roman Emperor
King in Germany

1792–1806
Dissolution
Duke of Brabant, Limburg and Luxembourg;
Count of Flanders, Hainaut and Namur

1792–1793
French Revolutionary Wars
Duke of Milan
1792–1796

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King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia
Archduke of Austria

1792–1835
Succeeded by
New title Emperor of Austria
1804–1835

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King of Lombardy-Venetia
1815–1835
Political offices
New title Head of the Präsidialmacht Austria
1815–1835
Succeeded by

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