Franz Joseph I
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Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916. In the early part o
Formal portrait, 1910
Franz Joseph with his mother Archduchess Sophie, by Joseph Karl Stieler
Franz Joseph's family gathered in prayer, 1839
The Battle of Győr on 28 June 1849. Franz Joseph enters Győr leading the Austrian troops.
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was heir apparent to the imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Franz Joseph I
…the throne at the age of eighteen. In 1854, he married his first cousin Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria, with whom he had four children: Sophie, Gisela, Rudolf, and Marie Valerie. Largely considered a reactionary, Franz Joseph spent his early reign resisting constitutionalism in his domains. The Austrian Empire…
Portrait by Károly Koller, 1887
Wedding medal 1881 by Tautenhayn, obverse
The reverse of this wedding medal showing Hymen the god of marriage
Portrait by Eugen Felix