Francis Joseph I
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Emperors, Caesars, Khans
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History
Article abstract: The reign of Francis Joseph I was one of the longest in European history. Ascending the throne at the age of eighteen, he eventually became the living symbol of an imperial ideal of government doomed to vanish at his death, which occurred near the end of World War I.
Early Life
The person who had the most profound effect upon the character of Francis Joseph was his mother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria. This younger daughter of Maximilian I married Charles Francis, the second son of Emperor Francis I, in 1824, and, until the birth of her...
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