Francis Joseph II of Austria
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- | '''Francis Joseph II''' (German: Franz Josef Karl Philipp Maria Leopold, English: Francis Joseph Charles Philip Maria Leopold) (born April 30, 1978), is the current reigning Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and Bohemia, | + | '''Francis Joseph II''' (German: Franz Josef Karl Philipp Maria Leopold, English: Francis Joseph Charles Philip Maria Leopold) (born April 30, 1978), is the current reigning Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and Bohemia, and of a number of other formerly sovereign entities within Europe. He assumed the throne upon the death of his father in the fall of 1989, but did not take up personal control of the government until his 18th birthday in 1996. |
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Francis Joseph II | |
Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and Bohemia, etc. | |
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File:30px-Flag of Austria.png Emperor of Austria | |
Full title | His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, Francis Joseph II, the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, and Galicia, Lodomeria, and Illyria; King of Jerusalem etc. |
Reign 9 November 1989 - present | |
Preceded by | Charles III |
Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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Born | 30 April 1978 Vienna, Austria |
Consort | Alexandra of Rothenbourg |
Heir apparent | Leopold, Crown Prince of Austria |
Profession | Monarch |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Royal House | House of Habsburg-Lorraine |
Father | Charles III of Austria |
Mother | Marie-Christine of Belgium |
Languages | German, English, French, Hungarian, Czech, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian |
Francis Joseph II (German: Franz Josef Karl Philipp Maria Leopold, English: Francis Joseph Charles Philip Maria Leopold) (born April 30, 1978), is the current reigning Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and Bohemia, and of a number of other formerly sovereign entities within Europe. He assumed the throne upon the death of his father in the fall of 1989, but did not take up personal control of the government until his 18th birthday in 1996.