Francis II

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noun

See under Francis I (def. 2).

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Words nearby Francis II

Franciscans, Francisco, Francis Ferdinand, Francis Ferdinand, Archduke, Francis I, Francis II, Francis Joseph I, Francis of Assisi, Francis of Paula, Francis of Sales, Francis turbine

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How to use Francis II in a sentence

ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
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As Sutton shows in his book, the important shift took place gradually, from the end of the Civil War until World War II.
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My father was in an intelligence unit for the U.S. Navy, as he had been in World War II.
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The Chief who went through World War I and then managed to get back into World War II.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

World War II is still a long way off, but the seeds of conflict are already being sown on the continent.
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He was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan.
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Its culture however was looked upon with the same disapproval by Charles II.
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We now proceed to learn the eighteen kings intermediate between William II.
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Only the day before he died, he had said this to Father Francis, a young Brazilian monk, to whom he was greatly attached.
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Buckles were first worn as shoe fastenings in the reign of Charles II.
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British Dictionary definitions for Francis II

Francis II

noun

1544–60, king of France (1559–60); son of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici; first husband of Mary, Queen of Scots

1768–1835, last Holy Roman Emperor (1792–1806) and, as Francis I, first emperor of Austria (1804–35). The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved (1806) following his defeat by Napoleon at Austerlitz

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