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3 days ago · Francis II Rákóczi (Hungarian: II. Rákóczi Ferenc , in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈraːkoːt͡si ˈfɛrɛnt͡s/; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman [1] and leader of the Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburg s in 1703–1711 as the prince (Hungarian: fejedelem ) of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of ...
22 hours ago · The empire was dissolved on 6 August 1806, when the last Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (from 1804, Emperor Francis I of Austria) abdicated, following a military defeat by the French under Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 (see Treaty of Pressburg).
4 days ago · In 1804 Francis added to his titles that of emperor of Austria, but he did so because he anticipated being stripped of his most venerated title of Holy Roman emperor, which he indeed was in 1806 at the insistence of Napoleon I (who had had himself declared emperor of France in 1804).
2 days ago · The French victories at Marengo (June 14, 1800) and Hohenlinden (December 3, 1800) forced Emperor Francis II to agree to the Treaty of Lunéville (February 9, 1801), which confirmed the cession of the Rhineland.
3 days ago · In 1804 Francis II declared himself emperor of Austria and in 1806 resigned his former imperial crown, thus bringing to an end the Holy Roman Empire, which had long been essentially a German monarchy.
1 day ago · Charles V[d][e] (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg.
1 day ago · Charlemagne's position as the first emperor in the West in over 300 years brought him into conflict with the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople. Through his assumption of the imperial title, he is considered the forerunner to the line of Holy Roman Emperors , which persisted into the nineteenth century.
