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Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916 ...
Aug 14, 2024 · Franz Joseph (born August 18, 1830, Schloss Schönbrunn, near Vienna, Austria—died November 21, 1916, Schloss Schönbrunn) was the emperor of Austria (1848–1916) and king of Hungary (1867–1916), who divided his empire into the Dual Monarchy, in which Austria and Hungary coexisted as equal partners.
Charles I of Austria became emperor in 1916 and reigned from 1916-1918. Franz Joseph's 68-year reign is the third-longest in the history of continental Europe (after those of Louis XIV of France and Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein).
Jan 17, 2020 · Francis Joseph I, popularly known as Franz Joseph I, was the King of Hungary and Bohemia, an Emperor of Austria, as well as a monarch of several other states of the Astro-Hungarian Empire from 1848 to 1916. He was also the German Confederation’s president from 1850 to 1866.
Aug 14, 2024 · Franz Joseph - Emperor, Austria-Hungary, Reformer: Although he had been raised to be a soldier and wore a uniform all his life, Franz Joseph was no more a strategist than he was a statesman.
Franz Joseph I. Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary (ruled 1848–1916) Born 18 August 1830 Vienna (Schönbrunn Palace) Died 21 November 1916 Vienna (Schönbrunn Palace) Motto: ‘Viribus Unitis – With united forces’. Franz Joseph ascended the throne of the Austrian Empire in 1848.
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916.
Franz Joseph was an authoritarian father figure, a side that became especially evident in the tragic fate of his son Rudolf: the emperor reacted to his son’s liberal ideas with a complete lack of understanding, and found his subsequent suicide wholly incomprehensible.
On 2 December 1848, at a mere eighteen years of age, Franz Joseph became Emperor of Austria, succeeding his uncle Ferdinand after his father Franz Karl had renounced his claim to the throne.
Nov 21, 2016 · Emperor Franz Joseph ruled over the Habsburg Monarchy for 68 years and died on November 21, 1916. For the centenary of his death, an Austrian exhibition explores in four locations the different...