Francis I of Austria

Full name
	Franz Josef Karl

Francis II & I
Francis II & I
	Portrait by Joseph Kreutzinger, c. 1815
Holy Roman Emperor (more...)
Reign	5 July 1792 – 6 August 1806
Coronation	14 July 1792; Frankfurt Cathedral
Predecessor	Leopold II
Successor	Monarchy abolished (Napoleon as Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine)
Governors; (in Habsburg Netherlands)	See list Maria Christina of Austria & Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1792-1793); Charles, Duke of Teschen (1793-1794) ;
Archduke/Emperor of Austria
Reign	1 March 1792/11 August 1804 – 2 March 1835
Predecessor	Leopold VII
Successor	Ferdinand I
Chancellor	Klemens von Metternich
King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia
Reign	1 March 1792 – 2 March 1835
Coronations	6 June 1792, Buda; 9 August 1792, Prague;
Predecessor	Leopold II
Successor	Ferdinand V
King of Lombardy–Venetia
Reign	9 June 1815 – 2 March 1835
Successor	Ferdinand I
Head of the Präsidialmacht Austria
	In office; 20 June 1815 – 2 March 1835
Succeeded by	Ferdinand I
Born	12 February 1768; Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died	2 March 1835 (aged 67); Vienna, Austrian Empire
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Elisabeth of Württemberg; (m. 1788; died 1790); Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily; (m. 1790; died 1807); Maria Ludovika Beatrix of Modena; (m. 1808; died 1816); Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (m. 1816);
Issue; Detail	Marie Louise, Empress of the French; Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria; Maria Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil and Queen of Portugal; Maria Clementina, Princess of Salerno; Archduke Joseph Franz; Maria Caroline, Crown Princess of Saxony; Archduke Franz Karl; Archduchess Maria Anna;
Full name
Full name
	Franz Josef Karl
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Maria Luisa of Spain
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Francis I, Emperor of Austria (12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) also was Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (in German language: Franz II, Heiliger Römischer Kaiser).

He was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until August 6, 1806, when the empire was no longer a unit. He then became Francis I, first Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary,Bohemia and Croatia from 1804 to 1835). He fought in the Napoleonic Wars .

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