Francis Joseph II of Austria

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| colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:30px-Flag_of_Austria.png|30px]] '''Emperor of Austria'''
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| style="font-size: 90%;" width: 33%;" | '''Full title''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | 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.
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| style="font-size: 90%;" width: 33%;" | '''Full title''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Francis Joseph II, by 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.
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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%; width: 33%;" | '''Preceded by''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Charles III
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| style="font-size: 90%; width: 33%;" | '''Preceded by''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Charles II
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Succeeded by''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Incumbent
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Born'''<br>&nbsp; || style="font-size: 90%;" | 30 April 1978 <br> Vienna, Austria
| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Born'''<br>&nbsp; || style="font-size: 90%;" | 30 April 1978 <br> Vienna, Austria
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Consort''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Alexandra of Rothenbourg
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Consort''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Alexandra of Rodenbourg
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Heir apparent''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Leopold, Crown Prince of Austria
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Heir apparent''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Francis, Crown Prince of Austria
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Profession''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | Monarch
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Royal House''' || style="font-size: 90%;" |House of Habsburg-Lorraine
| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Royal House''' || style="font-size: 90%;" |House of Habsburg-Lorraine
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Father''' || style="font-size: 90%;" |Charles III of Austria
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Father''' || style="font-size: 90%;" |Francis, Crown Prince of Austria
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Mother''' || style="font-size: 90%;" |Marie-Christine of Belgium
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Mother''' || style="font-size: 90%;" |Marie Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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| style="font-size: 90%;" | '''Languages''' || style="font-size: 90%;" | German, English, French, Hungarian, Czech, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian
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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,
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'''Francis Joseph II''' (German: Franz Josef Karl Philipp Leopold Maria, English: Francis Joseph Charles Philip Leopold Maria) (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.
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===Early life===
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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, and his mother Marie-Christine was born a Princess of Belgium , the daughter of Duke Leopold Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and his second, morganatic wife Lilian Baels. Through his father, he is descended from the Habsburg line of Holy Roman and Austrian Emperors, and through his mother he is related to many of the ruling or formerly ruling families of Europe, including the houses of Saxony, Romania, and Bavaria. The young prince was educated in a classical setting at the palace, for his parents wanted him to become, as his mother confided to Franz's tutor Dr. Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn,  "a philosopher prince for our time". His otherwise rather quiet and uneventful childhood, however, was disrupted by two tragedies that affected the whole of the Habsburg empire. His father was assassinated in 1985 during a tour of a factory in Timisoara by left-wing extremists, and thus placed the young Archduke as first-in-line to the throne after his grandfather. Upon his grandfather's death from a stroke in November of 1989, the 11 year old ascended the throne as Francis Joseph II, picking his regnal name in honour of his relative Francis Joseph I, the great reformer of the 19th century.
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===Regency===
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| rowspan="8" align="center"| '''Francis Joseph II of Austria'''
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| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''Father:'''<br />Leopold, Crown Prince of Austria (1953-1986)
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Paternal Grandfather:'''<br />Francis II of Austria (1912-1991)
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| align="center"| '''Paternal Great-grandfather:'''<br /> Charles I of Austria (1887-1922)
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| align="center"| '''Paternal Great-grandmother:'''<br />Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1892-1989)
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Paternal Grandmother:'''<br />Marie-Elisabeth of Belgium (1927-)
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| align="center"| '''Paternal Great-grandfather:'''<br />Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983)
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| align="center"| '''Paternal Great-grandmother:'''<br />Astrid of Sweden (1905-1935)
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| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''Mother:'''<br />Marie Viktoria of Hanover (1952-)
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Maternal Grandfather:'''<br />Ernest Augustus IV of Hanover (1914-1987)
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| align="center"| '''Maternal Great-grandfather:'''<br />Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887-1953)
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| align="center"| '''Maternal Great-grandmother:'''<br />Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892-1980)
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Maternal Grandmother:'''<br />Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein (1925-1980)
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| align="center"| '''Maternal Great-grandfather:'''<br />Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein (1863-1948)
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| align="center"| '''Maternal Great-grandmother:'''<br />Alexandra of Isenburg (1883-1972)
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| rowspan="8" align="center"| '''Christina Theresia of Bavaria'''
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| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''Father:'''<br />Prince Leopold of Bavaria
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Paternal Grandfather:'''<br />Prince Konstantin of Bavaria
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| align="center"| '''Paternal Great-grandfather:'''<br /> Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
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| align="center"| '''Paternal Great-grandmother:'''<br />Elisabeth of Wurttemberg
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Paternal Grandmother:'''<br />Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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| align="center"| '''Paternal Great-grandfather:'''<br />Prince Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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| align="center"| '''Paternal Great-grandmother:'''<br />Princess Margarita Carola of Saxony
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| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''Mother:'''<br />Christina Maria of Orleans-Braganza
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Maternal Grandfather:'''<br />Prince Pedro Gastao of Orleans-Braganza
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| align="center"| '''Maternal Great-grandfather:'''<br />Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orleans-Braganza
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| align="center"| '''Maternal Great-grandmother:'''<br />Countess Elizabeth Dobrensky
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Maternal Grandmother:'''<br />Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies
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| align="center"| '''Maternal Great-grandfather:'''<br />Prince Carlos of the Two Sicilies
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| align="center"| '''Maternal Great-grandmother:'''<br />Princess Louise of Orleans
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Current revision as of 01:11, 18 April 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 Majesty, Francis Joseph II, by 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
Born
  		30 April 1978
Vienna, Austria
Consort Alexandra of Rodenbourg
Heir apparent Francis, Crown Prince of Austria
Profession Monarch
Religion Roman Catholic
Royal House House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father Francis, Crown Prince of Austria
Mother Marie Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Languages German, English, French, Hungarian, Czech, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian

Francis Joseph II (German: Franz Josef Karl Philipp Leopold Maria, English: Francis Joseph Charles Philip Leopold Maria) (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.

[edit] 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, and his mother Marie-Christine was born a Princess of Belgium , the daughter of Duke Leopold Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and his second, morganatic wife Lilian Baels. Through his father, he is descended from the Habsburg line of Holy Roman and Austrian Emperors, and through his mother he is related to many of the ruling or formerly ruling families of Europe, including the houses of Saxony, Romania, and Bavaria. The young prince was educated in a classical setting at the palace, for his parents wanted him to become, as his mother confided to Franz's tutor Dr. Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, "a philosopher prince for our time". His otherwise rather quiet and uneventful childhood, however, was disrupted by two tragedies that affected the whole of the Habsburg empire. His father was assassinated in 1985 during a tour of a factory in Timisoara by left-wing extremists, and thus placed the young Archduke as first-in-line to the throne after his grandfather. Upon his grandfather's death from a stroke in November of 1989, the 11 year old ascended the throne as Francis Joseph II, picking his regnal name in honour of his relative Francis Joseph I, the great reformer of the 19th century.

[edit] Regency

Francis Joseph II of Austria's ancestors in three generations
Francis Joseph II of Austria Father:
Leopold, Crown Prince of Austria (1953-1986) 		Paternal Grandfather:
Francis II of Austria (1912-1991) 		Paternal Great-grandfather:
Charles I of Austria (1887-1922)
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Zita of Bourbon-Parma (1892-1989)
Paternal Grandmother:
Marie-Elisabeth of Belgium (1927-) 		Paternal Great-grandfather:
Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983)
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Astrid of Sweden (1905-1935)
Mother:
Marie Viktoria of Hanover (1952-) 		Maternal Grandfather:
Ernest Augustus IV of Hanover (1914-1987) 		Maternal Great-grandfather:
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887-1953)
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892-1980)
Maternal Grandmother:
Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein (1925-1980) 		Maternal Great-grandfather:
Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein (1863-1948)
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Alexandra of Isenburg (1883-1972)


Christina Theresia of Bavaria's ancestors in three generations
Christina Theresia of Bavaria Father:
Prince Leopold of Bavaria 		Paternal Grandfather:
Prince Konstantin of Bavaria 		Paternal Great-grandfather:
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Elisabeth of Wurttemberg
Paternal Grandmother:
Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 		Paternal Great-grandfather:
Prince Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Princess Margarita Carola of Saxony
Mother:
Christina Maria of Orleans-Braganza 		Maternal Grandfather:
Prince Pedro Gastao of Orleans-Braganza 		Maternal Great-grandfather:
Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orleans-Braganza
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Countess Elizabeth Dobrensky
Maternal Grandmother:
Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies 		Maternal Great-grandfather:
Prince Carlos of the Two Sicilies
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Princess Louise of Orleans
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