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May 9, 2024 · Maria Theresa (born May 13, 1717, Vienna—died November 29, 1780, Vienna) was the archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740–80), wife and empress of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I (reigned 1745–65), and mother of the Holy Roman emperor Joseph II (reigned 1765–90). Upon her accession, the War of the Austrian ...
Joseph II (1741–1790). Joseph II (1741–1790), Holy Roman emperor from 1765 to 1790. He is one of the best examples of Europe's enlightened despots. Born in Vienna on March 13, 1741, the first son of Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, and Francis Stephen of Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Joseph achieved his first triumph merely by being born a boy.
In 1764, Frankfurt am Main, where coronations were traditionally held for rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, became the scene of a ‘half-majestic, half-ghostlike world theatre’, according to eyewitness Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The ritual which unfolded around the election of Habsburg Crown Prince Joseph was a magnificent spectacle from a ...
Apr 26, 2022 · Francis II (German: Franz II., Erwählter Römischer Kaiser) (12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Holy Roman Empire after the decisive defeat at the hands of the First French Empire led by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz.
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( Latin: Imperator Romanorum, German: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period [1] ( Latin: Imperator Germanorum, German: Römisch-deutscher Kaiser, lit. 'Roman-German emperor'), was the ruler ...
War of the Austrian Succession, 1740–48. Maria Theresa. In October 1740 the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, the last male Habsburg ruler, died and was succeeded by his daughter Maria Theresa, the young wife of the grand duke of Tuscany, Francis Stephen of Lorraine. Although no woman had ever served as Habsburg ruler, most assumed at the time ...
The major flaw with this is that it depicts the Holy Roman Empire, the Empire of everywhere, as part of Germany, instead of Germany as part of the Holy Roman Empire. Otto I the Great was king of the East Franks or Germany, and Italy or Lombardy, when he was crowned Emperor in 962. Conrad II gained the Kingdom of Arles or Burgundy in 1024.
