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 Franz Joseph I of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franz Joseph I (in English also Francis Joseph) (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916.
Archduke Franz was the oldest son of Archduke Franz Karl (and Sophie, Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bavaria), who was brother and heir of Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I.
Franz Joseph's conservatism was partly to blame: when presented with the suggestion that the army should acquire a newly-developed mechanical weapon, namely tanks, he famously retorted: "Absolutely not.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Franz_Joseph_of_Austria   (521 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Franz Schubert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
His father, Franz, son of a Moravian peasant, was a parish schoolmaster; his mother, Elizabeth Vietz, had before her marriage been a cook in a Viennese family.
Graz [graːts] (Slovenian: Gradec), with a population of 305,000 (council census 2000) is the second-largest city in Austria and the capital of the province of Styria (Steiermark in German).
Franz Liszt (Hungarian; Liszt Ferenc) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Franz-Schubert   (5333 words)

  
 Karl of Austria - Articles and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Karl of Austria (sometimes referred to in English as Charles) (Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Maria von Habsburg) (August 17, 1887 - April 1, 1922) was the last Emperor of Austria and the last King of Hungary (as Charles IV of Hungary) and of the Habsburg Dynasty.
Karl was the son of Archduke Otto Franz Joseph, younger brother of the unfortunate Franz Ferdinand, and of Princess Josepha of Saxony.
Their oldest son is Otto von Habsburg, who served as a German Member of the European Parliament.
www.breakpt.org /article/Charles_I_of_Austria   (221 words)

  
 GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832) - Online Information article about GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The latter supplied only the rough materials; the Gotz von Berlichingen whom Goethe drew, with his lofty ideals of right and wrong, and his enthusiasm for freedom, is a very different personage from the unscrupulous robber-knight of the 16th century, the rough friend of Franz von Sickingen and of the revolting peasants.
Still less historical justification is to be found for the vacillating Weisslingen in whom Goethe executed poetic justice on himself as the lover of Friederike, or in the women of the play, the gentle Maria, the.heartless Adelheid.
Wolf Goethe (Weimar, 1889) is a sympathetic appreciation by Otto Mejer, formerly president of the Lutheran consistory in Hanover.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GOETHE_JOHANN_WOLFGANG_VON_174.html   (8280 words)

  
 European Royal History: Our Bookstore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ormond, Franz Xavier Winterhalter and the Courts of Europe: 1830-1870.
Otto von Habsburg: Protokoll eines Politischen Lebens." Amalthea, 1987.
A tale of the last reign of Franz Joseph and the waning light of the Habsburg Monarchy.
www.eurohistory.com /bookstore.htm   (5666 words)

  
 TIMELINE 19th Century page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
1820: Franz Grillparzer publishes "Golden Fleece" -- a verse trilogy consisting of "The Guest Friend", "The Argonauts", and "Medea." "The Guest Friend", a short prologue, relates how King Aetus treacherously gains possession of the Golden Fleece, which carries a curse for him and his daughter, Medea.
The big names in the newspapers of 1870-1880 were: * Alexander II (Russia) * Franz Josef (Austria) * Otto von Bismark (Germany) * Ulysses S Grant (US President) * Rutherford B. Hayes (US President) * Queen Victoria (Britain and her Empire) see "The Victorian Era" below.
The big names in the newspapers of 1880-1890 were: * Alexander III (Russia) * Otto von Bismark (Germany) * Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany) * Rutherford B. Hayes (US President) * Benjamin Harrison (US President) * James Garfield (US President) * Queen Victoria (Britain and her Empire) see "The Victorian Era" below.
www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline19.html   (7409 words)

  
 Maximilian, Prince of Saxony (1870- )
Maria Josepha, Archduchess Otto Franz Josef of Austria (1867-1944)
Maria II da Gloria, Queen of Portugal (1819-1853)
Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary (1717-1780)
gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /royalty/ahnenreihe/MaximilianSaxony.html   (101 words)

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