Franz Joseph Article

What was Franz Joseph’s legacy?

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Franz Joseph was emperor for 68 years. He ran a civil administration that was highly regarded throughout Europe, but, while the creation of the Dual Monarchy appeased his Hungarian subjects, it angered his Slavic ones. Hungarian domination eventually turned Serbia, inhabited by fellow Slavs, into the Dual Monarchy’s mortal enemy, leading to World War I.