Francis Joseph

AT THE TURN OF THE 20th century, the tragic assassination of Austria's much-adored Empress Elizabeth (wife of Francis Joseph) was a harbinger of the end of the Hapsburg monarchy.

Why Charles Should Go 2008

He was dressed in a very well-made black morning suit, and wore the ribbon and star of the Austrian order of Francis Joseph.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

Oh, yes, that people now hated Francis Joseph according to their paper.

Time Regained 2003

Ferdinand abdicated in favor of his nephew, Francis Joseph, and a new government was established by Prince Felix von Schwarzenberg.

June 17 2001

The old emperor, Francis Joseph, died, and was succeeded by his grandnephew, Charles, emperor to Nov. 11, 1918.

12. Austria 2001

Francis Joseph declared he would maintain the army, common and unified, at all costs.

1875, Feb 2001

Meeting of the three emperors in Berlin—William, Francis Joseph, Alexander II of Russia, who invited himself, lest Austria and Germany become too intimate.

1870-71 2001

France took Mexico City (June 1863) and declared Archduke Maximilian (brother of Francis Joseph I of Austria) as emperor.

1861-67 2001

The emperor he had seen, of course, was Francis Joseph.

Benevolent Dinosaur Beales, Derek 1995

When I tell people that I am writing the life of Joseph II, his great-great-uncle, who incidentally became ruler of Austria exactly sixty-eight years before him, they usually assume I must be talking about Francis Joseph.

Benevolent Dinosaur Beales, Derek 1995