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May 1, 2024 · Leopold II (born May 5, 1747, Vienna—died March 1, 1792, Vienna) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1790 to 1792, one of the most capable of the 18th-century reformist rulers known as the “enlightened despots.”. The third son of the Habsburg Maria Theresa and the emperor Francis I, Leopold succeeded his father as duke of Tuscany when his ...
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (r. 1824–1859), in the uniform of an Austrian field marshal, 1828, after Pietro Benvenuti The Napoleonic system collapsed in 1814, and the following territorial settlement agreed to at the Congress of Vienna , ceded the State of Presidi and the Principality of Piombino to a restored Tuscany.
2 references. country of citizenship. Grand Duchy of Tuscany. 0 references. name in native language. Leopoldo II d'Asburgo-Lorena (Italian) 1 reference. given name. Leopold.
Leopold I Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Leopold II (born Peter Leopold Joseph) (May 5, 1747 – March 1, 1792) was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 and Grand-duke of Tuscany ( Leopold I - Pietro Leopoldo d'Asburgo-Lorena - Granduca di Toscana ). He was the son of the Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis ...
Leopold II (de jure) Ferdinand IV (de facto/titular) Formation. 27 August 1569. Abolition. 16 August 1859. Residence. Palazzo Pitti. The title of Grand Duke of Tuscany was created on August 27, 1569 by a papal bull of Pope Pius V to Cosimo I de' Medici, member of the illustrious House of Medici.
Sep 22, 2021 · Grand Duke of Tuscany as Pietro Leopoldo I from 1765 – 1790 and Holy Roman Emperor as Leopold II from 1790 – 1792, Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard was born on May 5, 1747, in Vienna, Austria. Leopold, as was known, was the ninth of the sixteen children and the third but the second surviving of the five sons of Francis ...
Leopold II (3 October 1797 – 29 January 1870) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859. He married twice; first to Maria Anna of Saxony, and after her death in 1832, to Maria Antonia of the Two-Sicilies.
