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Francis I, Emperor of Austria (12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) also was Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (in German language: Franz II, Heiliger Römischer Kaiser).
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Portrait by Joseph Kreutzinger, c. 1815 | |||||
| Holy Roman Emperor (more...) | |||||
| Reign | 5 July 1792 – 6 August 1806 | ||||
| Coronation | 14 July 1792 Frankfurt Cathedral | ||||
| Predecessor | Leopold II | ||||
| Successor | Monarchy abolished (Napoleon as Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine) | ||||
| Governors (in Habsburg Netherlands) | See list
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| Archduke/Emperor of Austria | |||||
| Reign | 1 March 1792/11 August 1804 – 2 March 1835 | ||||
| Predecessor | Leopold VII | ||||
| Successor | Ferdinand I | ||||
| Chancellor | Klemens von Metternich | ||||
| King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia | |||||
| Reign | 1 March 1792 – 2 March 1835 | ||||
| Coronations | |||||
| Predecessor | Leopold II | ||||
| Successor | Ferdinand V | ||||
| King of Lombardy–Venetia | |||||
| Reign | 9 June 1815 – 2 March 1835 | ||||
| Successor | Ferdinand I | ||||
| Head of the Präsidialmacht Austria | |||||
| In office 20 June 1815 – 2 March 1835 | |||||
| Succeeded by | Ferdinand I | ||||
| Born | 12 February 1768 Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany | ||||
| Died | 2 March 1835 (aged 67) Vienna, Austrian Empire | ||||
| Burial | Imperial Crypt | ||||
| Spouse | Elisabeth of Württemberg
(m. 1788; died 1790)Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily
(m. 1790; died 1807)Maria Ludovika Beatrix of Modena
(m. 1808; died 1816)Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
(m. 1816) | ||||
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| House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Maria Luisa of Spain | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
| Signature |  | ||||
He was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until August 6, 1806, when the empire was no longer a unit. He then became Francis I, first Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary,Bohemia and Croatia from 1804 to 1835). He fought in the Napoleonic Wars .
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