Francis I - Vienna, Austria
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Francis I was the Holy Roman Emperor and the father of Marie Antoinette.
Waymark Code: WMKRWF
Location: Wien, Austria
Date Posted: 05/24/2014
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This bronze equestrian statue of Francis I is located in Vienna's Burggarten Park. The Emperor is depicted somewhat larger than life and as a middle-aged man astride a horse wearing a cape. His hair is curly but neat. It is set on a rectangula cement plinth about 3 feet tall.
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"Francis I (Francis Stephen; 8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765)[2] was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real powers of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty. From 1728 until 1737 he was Duke of Lorraine. In 1737, Francis became managed by France under terms resulting from the War of the Polish Succession. Francis and House of Lorraine received the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in the peace treaty that ended that war. After taking the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, the return of the ancestral duchy of Lorraine went nominally to his brother Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (who was however engaged in ruling the Austrian Netherlands), until succession under derivate house alliances resulted in Lorraine's annexation to France in 1766."