Franz Joseph I of Austria
Monarch
1830 – 1916
Who was Franz Joseph I of Austria?
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary from 1848 until his death in 1916. From 1 May 1850 until 24 August 1866 he was President of the German Confederation.
In December 1848, Emperor Ferdinand abdicated the throne as part of Ministerpräsident Felix zu Schwarzenberg's plan to end the Revolutions of 1848 in Austria, which allowed Ferdinand's nephew Franz Joseph to ascend to the throne. Largely considered to be a reactionary, Franz Joseph spent his early reign resisting constitutionalism in his domains. The Austrian Empire was forced to cede most of its claim to Lombardy–Venetia to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia following the conclusion of the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859, and the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866. Although Franz Joseph ceded no territory to the Kingdom of Prussia after the Austrian defeat in the Austro-Prussian War, the Peace of Prague settled the German question in favour of Prussia, which prevented the unification of Germany under the House of Habsburg.
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- Born
- Aug 18, 1830
Schönbrunn Palace - Also known as
- Franz Joseph of Austria
- Emperor Franz Josef
- Franz Josef von Habsburg-Lothringen
- Franz Joseph I
- Francis Joseph I
- François-Joseph Ier
- Kaiser Franz Josef
- Kaiser Franz Joseph
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Empress Elisabeth of Austria
(1854/04/24 - 1898/09/10)
- Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Austrian Empire
- Austria-Hungary
- Profession
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Nov 21, 1916
Schönbrunn Palace - Resting place
- Imperial Crypt
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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