Emperor Franz Joseph I or Emperor Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph, Hungarian: Ferenc József, English: Francis Joseph) (Slovene : Franc Jozef Karel) (Croatian : Franjo Josip Karlo) (Czech : Frantisek Josef Karel) (Romanian : Francisc Iosif Carol) (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and also served as President of the German Confederation from 1850-1866.
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Emperor of Austria King of Hungary (more…) | |||||
Reign | 2 December 1848 – 21 November 1916 | ||||
Coronation | 8 June 1867 Matthias Church (as King of Hungary) | ||||
Predecessor | Ferdinand I & V | ||||
Successor | Charles I, III & IV | ||||
King of Lombardy-Venetia | |||||
Reign | 2 December 1848 – 12 October 1866 | ||||
Predecessor | Ferdinand I | ||||
Successor | Annexation to Italy | ||||
Head of the Präsidialmacht Austria | |||||
In office 1 May 1850 – 24 August 1866 | |||||
Preceded by | Ferdinand I | ||||
Succeeded by | Wilhelm I (as Head of the North German Confederation) | ||||
Born | Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austrian Empire | 18 August 1830||||
Died | 21 November 1916 Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria-Hungary | (aged 86)||||
Burial | Imperial Crypt | ||||
Spouse | Elisabeth in Bavaria (m. 1854; died 1898) | ||||
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Archduke Franz Karl of Austria | ||||
Mother | Princess Sophie of Bavaria | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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His nephew Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria would have been his successor but he was assassinated. Wars during the reign of Franz Joseph included the Second Italian War Of Independence (1859), the Austro-Prussian War (1866), the Third Italian War Of Independence (1866) and the 1899-1901 Boxer Rebellion. He died during World War 1. Charles I of Austria became emperor in 1916 and reigned from 1916-1918.
Franz Joseph's 68-year reign is the third-longest in the history of continental Europe (after those of Louis XIV of France and Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein).
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