Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam Habsburg-Lothringen (1741 - 1790)

Born 13 Mar 1741 in Schloss Schönbrunn, Wien, Österreich unter der Enns, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Died 20 Feb 1790 at age 48 in Wien, Österreich unter der Enns, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Biography

Joseph II (Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, and was the brother of Marie Antoinette. He was thus the first ruler in the Austrian dominions of the House of Lorraine, styled Habsburg-Lorraine (von Habsburg-Lothringen in German). Joseph was a proponent of enlightened absolutism; however, his commitment to modernizing reforms subsequently engendered significant opposition, which eventually culminated in an ultimate failure to fully implement his programmes. He has been ranked, with Catherine II of Russia and Frederick II of Prussia, as one of the three great Enlightenment monarchs.[1] His policies are now known as Josephinism. He died with no sons and was succeeded by his younger brother, Leopold.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia [1]

• Europäisches Genealogisches Handbuch 1768 Christian Friedrich Jacobi & Gottlob Friedrich Krebel - Seite 1

See also:

• Le Portrait dans l'histoire du pays de Luxembourg, par Raymond Weiller, edition 1983 en collaboration du Musée de l'Etat du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, page 54.