Franz Joseph I of Austria

Full name
	German: Franz Joseph Karl; Francis Joseph Charles

Franz Joseph I
Franz Joseph I
	Franz Joseph in the uniform of a Hungarian field marshal, c. 1892
Emperor of Austria ; King of Hungary (more…)
Reign	2 December 1848 – 21 November 1916
Coronation	8 June 1867 ; Matthias Church ; (as King of Hungary)
Predecessor	Ferdinand I & V
Successor	Charles I, III & IV
King of Lombardy-Venetia
Reign	2 December 1848 – 12 October 1866
Predecessor	Ferdinand I
Successor	Annexation to Italy
Head of the Präsidialmacht Austria
	In office; 1 May 1850 – 24 August 1866
Preceded by	Ferdinand I
Succeeded by	Wilhelm I; (as Head of the North German Confederation)
Born	18 August 1830; Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died	21 November 1916 (aged 86); Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Elisabeth in Bavaria; (m. 1854; died 1898)
Issue	Archduchess Sophie; Gisela, Princess of Bavaria; Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria; Archduchess Marie Valerie;
Full name
Full name
	German: Franz Joseph Karl; Francis Joseph Charles
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Mother	Princess Sophie of Bavaria
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Signature
	Franz Joseph I's voice Franz Joseph I on the invention of the phonograph; Recorded 1900

Emperor Franz Joseph I or Emperor Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph, Hungarian: Ferenc József, English: Francis Joseph) (Slovene : Franc Jozef Karel) (Croatian : Franjo Josip Karlo) (Czech : Frantisek Josef Karel) (Romanian : Francisc Iosif Carol) (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and also served as President of the German Confederation from 1850-1866.

His nephew Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria would have been his successor but he was assassinated. Wars during the reign of Franz Joseph included the Second Italian War Of Independence (1859), the Austro-Prussian War (1866), the Third Italian War Of Independence (1866) and the 1899-1901 Boxer Rebellion. He died during World War 1. Charles I of Austria became emperor in 1916 and reigned from 1916-1918.

Franz Joseph's 68-year reign is the third-longest in the history of continental Europe (after those of Louis XIV of France and Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein).

Issue

Archduchess Sophie of Austria; 5 March 1855 – 29 May 1857.
Archduchess Gisela of Austria; 12 July 1856 – 27 July 1932. Married Prince Leopold of Bavaria (second cousin) in 1873; had issue.
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889. Married Princess Stephanie of Belgium in 1881; had issue. Died in a murder–suicide.
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria; 22 April 1868 – 6 September 1924. Married Archduke Franz Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (second cousin) in 1890; had issue