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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

1741 - 1790

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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 3,023,099 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor is the 171st most popular politician (up from 184th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Austria (up from 21st in 2019) and the 4th 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

Among politicians, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 171 out of 19,576. Before him are Francis I of France, Vespasian, Claudius, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Lech Wałęsa. After him are Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, George W. Bush, Salvador Allende, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Lee Kuan Yew, and Osman II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Princess Isabella of Parma, Angelica Kauffman, Henry Fuseli, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Peter Simon Pallas, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Jean-Antoine Houdon, André Grétry, and Johann Kaspar Lavater. 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, Johann Bernhard Basedow, András Hadik, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 16 out of 1,424. Before him are Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), Stefan Zweig (1881), Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889), Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863), and Erwin Schrödinger (1887). After him are Karl Popper (1902), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Alfred Adler (1870), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Klara Hitler (1860), and Romy Schneider (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 4. Before him are Adolf Hitler (1889), Maria Theresa (1717), and Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830). After him are Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), Charles I of Austria (1887), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552), and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578).

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