Archduke Rudolf of Austria
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Rudolph Johann Joseph Rainier, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Cardinal-Archbishop of Olomouc, was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and an Austrian clergyman and n
Portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi, Vienna Museum
Leopold II was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790 as Leopold I.
Archduke Rudolf of Austria
…of Ludwig van Beethoven, who dedicated several of his works to him. Born in the Pitti Palace in Florence, Tuscany, he was the youngest son of Emperor Leopold II and Maria Louisa of Spain. In 1803 or 1804, Rudolph began taking lessons in piano and composition from Ludwig van Beethoven. The two became friends…
Leopold II as Holy Roman Emperor c. 1790s
Young Leopold Drawing Fortifications, Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1762
Leopold (left) with his brother Emperor Joseph II, Emperor Joseph II and Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany by Pompeo Batoni, 1769, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Leopold as Grand Duke of Tuscany, portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, 1770