9/12/2023 0 Comments Austria emperor franz josephHe concluded the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, which granted greater autonomy to Hungary and transformed the Austrian Empire into the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. At first Franz Joseph wanted to reign as Franz II but given that his grandfather Franz I was also known as Franz II as the last Holy Roman Emperor he decided to avoid any confusion and became known by his second as well as his first Christian name.įranz Joseph was troubled by nationalism during his entire reign. Therefore, with the abdication of his uncle Ferdinand and the renunciation of his father (the mild-mannered Franz Karl) Franz Joseph succeeded as Emperor of Austria at Olomouc on December 2. When Metternich answered that they were making a revolution, Ferdinand is supposed to have said “But are they allowed to do that?”Įmperor Ferdinand was convinced by Felix zu Schwarzenberg to abdicate in favour of his nephew, Franz Joseph (the next in line was Ferdinand’s younger brother Franz Karl, but he was persuaded to waive his succession rights in favour of his son). As the revolutionaries of 1848 were marching on the palace, Emperor Ferdinand is supposed to have asked Metternich for an explanation. The young Archduke, who (it was widely expected) would soon succeed his uncle on the throne, was appointed Governor of Bohemia on April 6, 1848, but never took up the post. Because his uncle, reigning from 1835 as the Emperor Ferdinand, was weak-minded, and his father unambitious and retiring, his mother of the young Archduke Franz Joseph brought him up as a future Emperor, with emphasis on devotion, responsibility and diligence.ĭuring the Revolutions of 1848 the Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich resigned (March-April 1848). He was the longest-reigning Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, as well as the third-longest-reigning monarch of any country in European history, after Louis XIV of France and Johann II of Liechtenstein.įranz Joseph was born in the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna (on the 65th anniversary of the death his great-great grandfather Holy Roman Emperor Franz I of Lorraine) as the eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl (the younger son of Holy Roman Emperor Franz II), and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria. From to Aughe was also President of the German Confederation, the successor state to the Holy Roman Empire. etc.Franz Joseph I (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, and monarch of many other states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, from Decemto his death. Lord of Triest, Kotor, the Wendish March Grand Voivode of the Voivodship of Serbia etc. Archduke of Austria Grand Duke of Tuscany, Crakow Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, the Bukovina Grand Prince of Transylvania Margrave of Moravia Duke of the Upper & Lower Silesia, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, Oswiecin, Zator, Cieszyn, Friuli, Ragusa, Zara Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg, Gorizia, Gradisca Prince of Trent, Brixen Margrave of the Upper & Lower Lusatia, in Istria Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, etc. Lord of Trieste, of Cattaro (Kotor), and over the Windic march.įrancis Joseph I, by the grace of God Emperor of Austria Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Illyria King of Jerusalem, etc. His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty,įranz Joseph I, by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, Bohemia, King of Lombardy and Venice, of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria and Illyria King of Jerusalem etc., Archduke of Austria Grand Duke of Tuscany and Cracow, Duke of Lorraine, of Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and of the Bukovina Grand Prince of Transylvania Margrave of Moravia Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, of Auschwitz, Zator and Teschen, Friuli, Ragusa (Dubrovnik) and Zara (Zadar) Princely Count of Habsburg and Tyrol, of Kyburg, Gorizia and Gradisca Prince of Trent (Trento) and Brixen Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, etc.
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