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Also Known As Francis of Lorraine • Francis Stephen of Lorraine • Francis Stephen
Born December 8, 1708 • Nancy • France
Died August 18, 1765 (aged 56) • Innsbruck • Austria
Title / Office emperor (1745-1765), Holy Roman Empire
House / Dynasty House of Habsburg
Notable Family Members spouse Maria Theresa • daughter Maria Carolina • son Leopold II • son Joseph II
Maximilian I
Maximilian I
Holy Roman emperor
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni: portrait of Joseph II
Joseph II
Holy Roman emperor
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa
Holy Roman empress
Leopold I
Leopold I
Holy Roman emperor
Ferdinand I
Ferdinand I
Holy Roman emperor
Charles VI
Holy Roman emperor
Montecuccoli, portrait by an unknown artist, 1670; in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
Raimondo Montecuccoli
Austrian field marshal
Joseph I
Holy Roman emperor
Leopold II, engraving
Leopold II
Holy Roman emperor
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
chancellor of Austria
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
emperor of Austria-Hungary
Klemens von Metternich
Klemens von Metternich
Austrian statesman
The Great Condé, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1662
Louis II de Bourbon, 4 prince de Condé
French general and prince
Eugene of Savoy
Eugene of Savoy
Austrian general
Gentz, Friedrich
Friedrich Gentz
German political journalist
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust.
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust
prime minister of Austria
Jörg Haider
Jörg Haider
Austrian politician
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier

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