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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

1747 - 1792

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Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Queen Maria Carolina, Duchess Maria Amalia of Parma, and Emperor Joseph II. Leopold was a moderate proponent of enlightened absolutism like his brother Joseph II. He granted the Academy of Georgofili his protection. Unusually for his time, he opposed the death penalty and torture and abolished it in Tuscany on 30 November 1786 during his rule there, making it the first nation in modern history to do so. This act has been commemorated since 2000 by a regional custom known as the Feast of Tuscany, held every 30 November. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor is the 373rd most popular politician (down from 260th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 24th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Politician.

Leopold II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792. He was the second son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Among politicians, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 373 out of 19,576. Before him are Osman II, Shimon Peres, Edgar the Peaceful, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Catherine I of Russia, and Ludwig II of Bavaria. After him are Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, B. R. Ambedkar, Charles VII of France, Herod Agrippa, Hugh Capet, and Charles IX of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Johann Elert Bode, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Vivant Denon, Roger Ducos, Gottfried August Bürger, Leopold Koželuch, Rose Bertin, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, and Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria. Among people deceased in 1792, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Gustav III of Sweden, Maria Luisa of Spain, Frederick North, Lord North, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Joshua Reynolds, Richard Arkwright, Johann van Beethoven, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 33 out of 1,424. Before him are Alfred Adler (1870), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Theodoric the Great (454), Lise Meitner (1878), Romy Schneider (1938), and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552). After him are Johann Strauss I (1804), Anton Bruckner (1824), Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), and Herbert von Karajan (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 13. Before 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). After him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), Otto of Greece (1815), and Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415).

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