1741 - 1790
Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Leopold II, Maria Carolina of Austria and Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma. He was thus the first ruler in the Austrian dominions of the union of the Houses of Habsburg and Lorraine, styled Habsburg-Lorraine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor has received more than 2,897,037 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor is the 184th most popular politician (down from 119th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Austria (down from 12th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Politician.
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor is most famous for his reforms of the Habsburg Monarchy. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. His reign was one of the longest and most successful in Habsburg history.
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Among politicians, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 184 out of 15,577. Before him are Nicholas I of Russia, Orhan, George H. W. Bush, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Kublai Khan, and Alp Arslan. After him are Salman of Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump, Leonidas I, Jawaharlal Nehru, Louis the Pious, and Caracalla.
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 178
1288 - 1362
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 179
1924 - 2018
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 180
115 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 181
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 182
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 183
1741 - 1790
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 184
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 185
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 186
540 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 187
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 188
778 - 840
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 189
188 - 217
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 190
Among people born in 1741, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Henry Fuseli, Angelica Kauffman, Peter Simon Pallas, Princess Isabella of Parma, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Emperor Momozono, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Nicolas Chamfort, and André Grétry. Among people deceased in 1790, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 3. Before him are Adam Smith and Benjamin Franklin. After him are Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Bernhard Basedow, András Hadik, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, and Jacob Christian Schäffer.
1741 - 1790
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 1
1741 - 1825
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 2
1741 - 1807
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 3
1741 - 1811
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 4
1741 - 1763
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 5
1741 - 1803
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 6
1741 - 1788
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 7
1741 - 1762
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 8
1741 - 1801
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 9
1741 - 1828
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 10
1741 - 1794
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 11
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 12
1723 - 1790
HPI: 91.46
Rank: 1
1706 - 1790
HPI: 83.56
Rank: 2
1741 - 1790
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 3
1767 - 1790
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 4
1717 - 1790
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 5
1714 - 1790
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 6
1719 - 1790
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 7
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 8
1710 - 1790
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 9
1710 - 1790
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 10
1713 - 1790
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 11
1718 - 1790
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 12
Among people born in Austria, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 21 out of 1,237. Before him are Stefan Zweig (1881), Erwin Schrödinger (1887), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Alfred Adler (1870), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), and Charles I of Austria (1887). After him are Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), Johann Strauss II (1825), Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858), and Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640).
1881 - 1942
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 15
1887 - 1961
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 16
1685 - 1740
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 17
1870 - 1937
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 18
1459 - 1519
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 19
1887 - 1922
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 20
1741 - 1790
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 21
1791 - 1847
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 22
1825 - 1899
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 23
1793 - 1875
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 24
1747 - 1792
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 25
1858 - 1889
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 26
1640 - 1705
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 27
Among politicians born in Austria, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 7. Before him are Adolf Hitler (1889), Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Maria Theresa (1717), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), and Charles I of Austria (1887). After him are Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552), Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578), and Maximilian I of Mexico (1832).
1889 - 1945
HPI: 94.10
Rank: 1
1830 - 1916
HPI: 84.70
Rank: 2
1717 - 1780
HPI: 84.31
Rank: 3
1685 - 1740
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 4
1459 - 1519
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 5
1887 - 1922
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 6
1741 - 1790
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 7
1793 - 1875
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 8
1747 - 1792
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 9
1640 - 1705
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 10
1552 - 1612
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 11
1578 - 1637
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 12
1832 - 1867
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 13