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Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

1768 - 1835

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Francis II and I (German: Franz II.; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor of Austria as Francis I from 1804 to 1835. He was also King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and served as the first president of the German Confederation following its establishment in 1815. The eldest son of future Emperor Leopold II and Maria Luisa of Spain, Francis was born in Florence, where his father ruled as Grand Duke of Tuscany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor has received more than 4,511,337 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor is the 71st most popular politician (up from 295th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Italy (up from 113th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Politician.

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor is most famous for being the last Holy Roman Emperor and for abdicating his throne in 1806.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 71 out of 19,576. Before him are Selim II, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Leon Trotsky, Fidel Castro, and Nikita Khrushchev. After him are Benjamin Franklin, Narendra Modi, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Nicholas II of Russia, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Napoleon II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Joseph Fourier, Joseph Bonaparte, François-René de Chateaubriand, Charlotte Corday, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Frederick VI of Denmark, Karađorđe, Louis Desaix, Caroline of Brunswick, Lazare Hoche, and Marie-Guillemine Benoist. Among people deceased in 1835, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Vincenzo Bellini, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Antoine-Jean Gros, Thérésa Tallien, Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Catharina of Württemberg, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, François Étienne de Kellermann, John Nash, Guillaume Dupuytren, and Izabela Czartoryska.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 29 out of 5,161. Before him are Petrarch (1304), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), Ovid (-43), Marcus Aurelius (121), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), and Sandro Botticelli (1445). After him are Caligula (12), Alessandro Volta (1745), Horace (-65), Parmenides (-501), Giacomo Puccini (1858), and Niccolò Paganini (1782).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 8. Before him are Augustus (-63), Commodus (161), Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), Nero (37), and Marcus Aurelius (121). After him are Caligula (12), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Silvio Berlusconi (1936), Pontius Pilate (-12), Tiberius (-42), and Vespasian (9).

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