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  1. 3 days ago · The name "Franz Joseph" was chosen to bring back memories of the new Emperor's great-granduncle, Emperor Joseph II (Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790), remembered as a modernising reformer. [7] Under the guidance of the new prime minister, Prince Felix Schwarzenberg , the new emperor at first pursued a cautious course, granting a ...

  2. 1 day ago · Joseph Haydn was impressed by the use of "God Save the King" as a national anthem during his visit to London in 1794, and on his return to Austria composed a different tune, "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" ("God Save Emperor Francis"), for the birthday of the last Holy Roman Emperor and Roman-German King, Francis II, which became the basis for ...

  3. 2 days ago · Holy Roman Emperor; Reign: 27 August 1556 – 25 July 1564 Proclamation: 14 March 1558, Frankfurt Predecessor: Charles V: Successor: Maximilian II: King of the Romans King in Germany

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  5. 3 days ago · However, Christian history has been kinder to Constantius since (a) he was “married” to St. Helena, who found the True Cross in the Holy Land, and (b) was the father of Constantine the Great (272-337), whose Edict of Milan in 313 established “tolerance” of Christianity — and, according to legend, he was baptized by St. Eusebius of ...

  6. Charlemagne died in 814 and his “empire” in the west fell apart soon afterwards. In the 10th century the claim was restored by Charlemagne’s descendant Otto I, the king of Germany, and the title evolved into “Holy Roman Emperor”. The Holy Roman Emperors and the Byzantine emperors were generally pretty friendly with each other at first.

  7. 1 day ago · Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN: 9780199693078; 784pp.; Price: £85.00. It is a brave man who would take on the job of writing a history of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire between 1493 and 1806. Many historians would maintain that neither Germany nor even German national consciousness (certainly not German nationalism) existed ...

  8. 5 days ago · the last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835) DISCLAIMER: These example sentences appear in various news sources and books to reflect the usage of the word ‘Emperor Francis II'.

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