When Emperor Ferdinand abdicated as part of the plan to end the Revolutions of 1848 in Hungary, his nephew, Franz Joseph I (1830-1916) assumed the throne and went on to serve as emperor of Austria and ...
Interesting private letters of Franz Joseph, the late Emperor of the former Austria-Hungarian Empire, throwing light upon the relation of Franz Joseph to the Jews, were published too day. One of the ...
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He ruled for 68 years while his empire fell apart before his eyes
For decades, a vast monarchy tried to hold together peoples, languages, and rival ambitions under one crown. Its ruler stayed ...
He was emperor of the Habsburg Monarchy for 68 years; his reign permanently influenced European history. An exhibition in Austria marks the centenary of Franz Joseph's death on November 21 - and goes ...
Was Tomas Masaryk (L) the illegitimate son of Emperor Franz Joseph? A Czech DNA expert is carrying out tests on clothes belonging to the first president of Czechoslovakia, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk. The ...
Patriotic crowds had been massing for hours outside newspaper offices in Vienna when Emperor Franz Joseph’s proclamation of war against Serbia - only later recognised as the start of World War I - ...
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