Franz I., Kaiser von Österreich

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Basic data

  1. Franz II., römisch-deutscher Kaiser Alternative Names
  2. February 12, 1768 in Florenz
  3. March 2, 1835 in Wien
  4. Wien

Iconography

(Source: Wikimedia)
1770 painting by Anton Raphael Mengs depicting Archduke Francis at the age of 2 (Source: Wikimedia)
Painting of Francis II at the age of 25, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece, with the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire and Hungary's Crown of Saint Stephen in the background (1792) (Source: Wikimedia)
Francis I as Austrian Emperor wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece, undated (Source: Wikimedia)
Portrait of Francis I, by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1818–19 (Source: Wikimedia)
1 Thaler silver coin with portrait of Emperor Franz I, 1820 (Source: Wikimedia)
Medallion of Francis I, designed by Philipp Jakob Treu in Basel, Switzerland on 13 January 1814. This was the date in the War of the Sixth Coalition when the allied monarchs of Austria, Prussia, and Russia crossed the Rhine at Basel into France. (Source: Wikimedia)
Portrait of an aging Francis II, by Friedrich von Amerling, c. 1832 (Source: Wikimedia)
Sarcophagus of Francis II in the Imperial Crypt (Source: Wikimedia)
Monument in the inner courtyard of the Hofburg in Vienna, showing him as the last Roman Imperator, in a pose similar to the Augustus of Prima Porta statue (Source: Wikimedia)
Golden dedication inscription at the Äusseres Burgtor of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna of "FRANCISCUS I. IMPERATOR AUSTRIAE MDCCCXXIV" (Francis I. Emperor of Austria 1824) (Source: Wikimedia)
The emperor wearing a number of orders and decoration such as the Golden Fleece, Order of Maria Theresa, Order of Leopold, Order of Saint Stephen, and others (portrait by Joseph Kreutzinger, c. 1815) (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Franz II., Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches, 1804/1845 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Franz I., Schiavonetti - 1790/1850 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Franz I., nach 1804 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Franz II., Pichler - 1792/1844 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Franz II., nach 1804 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Franz I., Leonhard Schlemmer - 1804/1817 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Franciscus II. Rom. Imp., L. Bosch - 1801/1840 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Franz II, Kaiser v. Östereich, nach 1804 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Francois I.er Empereur d'Autriche, François Séraphin Delpech - 1806/1825 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Franz II. Kaiser von Oestreich, J. G. Sommer - 1808 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

Biographical information from the WeGA

Regierungszeit: 1. März 1792–1806 als römisch-deutscher Kaiser; 1806 legte er auf ein Ultimatum Napoleons diese Würde nieder; nannte sich seit 1804 Kaiser von Österreich Franz I.

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