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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

1741 - 1790

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Joseph II (13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Leopold II, Maria Carolina of Austria, and Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma. He was thus the first ruler in the Austrian dominions of the union of the Houses of Habsburg and Lorraine, styled Habsburg-Lorraine. Joseph was a proponent of enlightened absolutism like his brother Leopold II; however, his commitment to secularizing, liberalizing and modernizing reforms resulted in significant opposition, which resulted in failure to fully implement his programs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor is the 254th most popular politician (down from 171st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Austria (down from 16th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Politician.

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor is most famous for his reforms of the Habsburg Monarchy. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. His reign was one of the longest and most successful in Habsburg history.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 254 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Meiji, Bashar al-Assad, Harun al-Rashid, Ay, Mustafa I, and Barbara Bush. After him are Maximilian I of Mexico, Alexander II of Russia, Heraclius, José Mujica, Septimius Severus, and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Peter Simon Pallas, Princess Isabella of Parma, Angelica Kauffman, André Grétry, Henry Fuseli, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Emperor Momozono, Benedict Arnold, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Kaspar Lavater, and Andrea Luchesi. Among people deceased in 1790, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 3. Before him are Adam Smith, and Benjamin Franklin. After him are Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, András Hadik, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Johann Bernhard Basedow, and William Cullen.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 19 out of 1,424. Before him are Stefan Zweig (1881), Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858), and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863). After him are Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Karl Popper (1902), Charles I of Austria (1887), Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), and Klara Hitler (1860).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 6. Before him are Adolf Hitler (1889), Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), Maria Theresa (1717), Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527), and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459). After him are Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Charles I of Austria (1887), Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Theodoric the Great (454), and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552).

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