Francis II, who abdicated this title in 1806, was the last Hapsburg to hold it
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The Mad Monarchist: Monarch Profile: Emperor Francis I of Austria  Apr 29, 2015 ... The man who would be the last Holy Roman Emperor(elect) and the first ... whom the future of the House of Hapsburg and its empire would be invested. ... By the time Francis II came along, the Queen was a prisoner and while ... throne on August 6, 1806 and became instead Emperor Francis I of Austria.
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Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 1804) - GHDI - Image  Born in 1768, Joseph Charles Francis of Habsburg assumed the title Holy Roman Emperor Francis ... On August 6, 1806, Francis abdicated the imperial throne.
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House of Habsburg - Wikipedia  The House of Habsburg or House of Austria, was one of the most influential royal houses of .... Holy Roman Emperors (intermittently from 1273 until 1806), Kings of .... The Austrian Habsburgs held the title of Holy Roman Emperor after Charles' ... pool eventually became so small that the last of the Spanish line Charles II,...
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Francis II | Holy Roman emperor | Britannica.com  The last Holy Roman emperor (17921806) and, as Francis I, emperor of ... the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire; Francis abdicated his title in 1806. ... or even popular movements, abandoned pro-Habsburg Tirolese rebels to .... 44th president of the United States (2009) and the first African American to hold the office.
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Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia  The Holy Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. From an autocracy in Carolingian times the title evolved into an elected ... Charles V was the last Holy Roman Emperor to be crowned by the Pope (1530). The final Holy Roman Emperor-elect, Francis II, abdicated in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars that...
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Full text of "Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria -- king of Hungary ...  The Habsburg Empire then included, beside Austria proper and Hungary, also ..... Then, after the lapse of a few years, the provin- cial estates were provided with a new court-dress .... For thirty-nine years he ruled over Europe with an almost sovereign sway. ..... 48 FRANCIS JOSEPH At the Habsburg court the title of such a...
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Frederick the Great - Wikipedia  Frederick II was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern King. His most significant...
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Francis II of France - Wikipedia  Francis II (19 January 1544  5 December 1560) was a monarch of the House of ... A little over a year after his marriage, on 10 July 1559, Francis became king at the ... but since she was still in mourning for the loss of her husband, she directed ..... After only 17 months on the throne, Francis II died on 5 December 1560 in...
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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia - Wikipedia  Nicholas II or Nikolai II was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 ...... At the end of the "February Revolution" of 1917 (February in the Old ... on 2 March (O.S.) / 15 March (N.S.) 1917, Nicholas II chose to abdicate. ... brought three centuries of the Romanov dynasty's rule to an end.
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Habsburg - New World Encyclopedia  Dec 2, 2015 ... The House of Habsburg was one of the most powerful families in Europe ... (Switzerland did not exist in its present form, and the Swiss lands were ... On August 6, 1806 the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved under the French ... they often ruled as dukes of the Duchy of Austria which covered only what is...
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Holy Roman empire - Oxford Reference  Years: 753 - 1806, Subject: History, Regional and National History ... Pope Gregory VII decrees that only the church may make ecclesiastical appointments .... Francis II formally brings to an end the 1000-year-old Holy Roman Empire, to keep it...
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Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia  Francis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Holy Roman Empire after the decisive defeat at the hands of the First French Empire led by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz. In 1804, he had founded the Austrian Empire and became Francis I, the first ... Francis II continued his leading role as an opponent of Napoleonic France in...
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Maria Theresa - Wikipedia  Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina was the only female ruler of the Habsburg ... Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, had sixteen ..... Maria Theresa's mother, Empress Elisabeth Christine, died in 1750.
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Thirty Years War 1618-1648 - The CAVE  The Peace of Augsburg of 1555 had brought a temporary truce in the religious ... The Bohemian phase of the Thirty Years' War thus ended with a Hapsburg and ... The settlement reached in the Treaty of Prague was wrecked by the French ... of the Hapsburgs and take the province of Alsace from the Holy Roman Empire.
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The End of the Holy Roman Empire | History Today  The Holy Roman Empire had survived over a thousand years when it was finally destroyed by Napoleon and the French in 1806. Francis II in his coronation...
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Abdication of Wilhelm II - Wikipedia  The Kaiserreich abdication was issued by Wilhelm II, German Emperor, the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia. He ruled the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. Kaiser Wilhelm II issued his abdication statement on 28 November 1918, ... he gave up his rights to "the throne of Prussia and to the German Imperial...
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Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia  Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real powers of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine ... Francis and the House of Lorraine received the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in the peace treaty that ended that...
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Free Flashcards about HISTORIC NAMES - StudyStack  HE ABDICATED THE RUSSIAN THRONE IN 1917, A YEAR BEFORE HE & HIS ..... AS CHANCELLOR OF THIS COUNTRY IN THE 1930S, KURT VON SCHUSCHNIGG FAVORED RESTORING THE HAPSBURGS TO THE THRONE, AUSTRIA.
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Charles II of Spain - Wikipedia  Charles II of Spain was the last Habsburg ruler of Spain. His realm included Southern Netherlands and Spain's overseas empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies. Known as "the Bewitched" (Spanish: el Hechizado), he is noted for his ... The Spanish branch of the Habsburg royal family was noted for extreme...
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Frederick the Great - Wikipedia  Frederick II was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern ... Frederick remained an admired historical figure through the German .... It was written in French and published anonymously in 1740, but Voltaire ..... Austrian co-ruler Emperor Joseph II wrote, "When the King of Prussia speaks on...
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Austro-Hungarian Monarchy facts, information, pictures ...  Austro-Hungarian Monarchy or Dual Monarchy, the Hapsburg empire from 1867 ... of Austria and Hungary was made possible by the Ausgleich [compromise] of 1867, ... Count Beust, and two Hungarians, the elder Count Andrssy and Francis Deak, ... made on Serbia after the assassination of Francis Ferdinand helped to...