Francis I

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Francis I was Duke of Lorraine and later Holy Roman Emperor (as Francis I, husband of Empress Maria Theresa), playing a key role in 18th-century European politics.

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Francis I canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Duke of Lorraine ⓘ
Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
member of royalty ⓘ
burialPlace Imperial Crypt, Vienna ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este ⓘ
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma ⓘ
Maria Anna of Austria (1738–1789) ⓘ
Maria Antonia of Austria ⓘ
Maria Carolina of Austria ⓘ
Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen ⓘ
Maximilian Francis of Austria ⓘ
Peter Leopold (later Leopold II) ⓘ
countryOfBirth Duchy of Lorraine ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1708-12-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1765-08-18 ⓘ
father Leopold, Duke of Lorraine ⓘ
formedDynasticUnionWith House of Habsburg ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
house House of Habsburg-Lorraine ⓘ
knownFor ceding Lorraine in exchange for Tuscany under the Treaty of Vienna (1738) ⓘ
founding the House of Habsburg-Lorraine ⓘ
language French ⓘ
German ⓘ
mannerOfDeath sudden death ⓘ
mother Élisabeth Charlotte d’Orléans ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Lorraine ⓘ
notableEvent War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
notableRole co-ruler and consort of Maria Theresa of Austria ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nancy ⓘ
placeOfDeath Innsbruck ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of Lorraine ⓘ
Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
predecessorAsDukeOfLorraine Leopold, Duke of Lorraine ⓘ
predecessorAsGrandDukeOfTuscany Gian Gastone de’ Medici ⓘ
predecessorAsHolyRomanEmperor Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
reignAsDukeOfLorraineEnd 1737 ⓘ
reignAsDukeOfLorraineStart 1729 ⓘ
reignAsGrandDukeOfTuscanyEnd 1765 ⓘ
reignAsGrandDukeOfTuscanyStart 1737 ⓘ
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorEnd 1765 ⓘ
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorStart 1745 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress ⓘ
linked to: Maria Theresa
successorAsDukeOfLorraine Stanisław Leszczyński ⓘ
successorAsGrandDukeOfTuscany Leopold I, Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
successorAsHolyRomanEmperor Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
title Roman King (King of the Romans) ⓘ
linked to: King of the Romans

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