Francis Joseph II of Austria
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| colspan="2" align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Reign'''<br>9 November 1989 - present | | colspan="2" align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Reign'''<br>9 November 1989 - present | ||
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Born'''<br> || style="font-size: 90%;" | 30 April 1978 <br> Vienna, Austria | | style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Born'''<br> || style="font-size: 90%;" | 30 April 1978 <br> Vienna, Austria | ||
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Heir apparent''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Leopold, Crown Prince of Austria | | style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Heir apparent''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Leopold, Crown Prince 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, and of a number of other formerly sovereign entities within Europe. He assumed the throne upon the death of his | + | '''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 grandfather in the fall of 1989, but did not take up personal control of the government until his 18th birthday in 1996. |
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
| + | Francis Joseph was born on April 30, 1978, in the Schonnbrunn Palace at Vienna. His father Francis was the eldest son and heir of the Emperor Charles II, | ||
[[Category:National leaders]] | [[Category:National leaders]] | ||
Revision as of 14:59, 12 January 2008
| 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 II |
| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | 30 April 1978 Vienna, Austria |
| Consort | Alexandra of Rodenbourg |
| Heir apparent | Leopold, Crown Prince of Austria |
| Profession | Monarch |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Royal House | House of Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Father | Francis, Crown Prince 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 grandfather in the fall of 1989, but did not take up personal control of the government until his 18th birthday in 1996.
Early life
Francis Joseph was born on April 30, 1978, in the Schonnbrunn Palace at Vienna. His father Francis was the eldest son and heir of the Emperor Charles II,
