- CIRCULATED/UNCIRCULATED : Uncirculated
- COMPOSITION : Silver
- COUNTRY/REGION OF MANUFACTURE : Austria
Austria
Francis II . , 1792 - 1835
Silver Medal Token 1815 - Coronation indulging in Milan, 15. 5. 1815.
Under the Lombard crown Milanand Venetian character copy /
Austrian crown , below the 4-line inscription .
22 mm (3.99 g ) ,Bended,Hairlines
Nov.R3b
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis II (German: Franz; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy
Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Holy
Roman Empire after the decisive defeat at the hands of the First French Empire
led by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz. In 1804, he had founded the
Austrian Empire and became Francis I, the first Emperor of Austria, ruling from
1804 to 1835, so later he was named the one and only Doppelkaiser (double
emperor) in history.[1] For the two years between 1804 and 1806, Francis used
the title and style by the grace of God elected Roman Emperor, ever Augustus,
hereditary Emperor of Austria and he was called the Emperor of both the Holy
Roman Empire and Austria. He was also Apostolic King of Hungary and Bohemia as
Francis I. He also served as the first president of the German Confederation
following its establishment in 1815.
Francis II continued his leading role as an opponent of Napoleonic France in the
Napoleonic Wars, and suffered several more defeats after Austerlitz. The proxy
marriage of state of his daughter Marie Louise of Austria to Napoleon on 10
March 1810 was arguably his most severe personal defeat. After the abdication of
Napoleon following the War of the Sixth Coalition, Austria participated as a
leading member of the Holy Alliance at the Congress of Vienna, which was largely
dominated by Francis's chancellor Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich
culminating in a new European map and the restoration of Francis' ancient
dominions (except the Holy Roman Empire which was dissolved). Due to the
establishment of the Concert of Europe, which largely resisted popular
nationalist and liberal tendencies, Francis became viewed as a reactionary later
in his reign.
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