Francis II
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noun
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1544–60, king of France (1559–60); son of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici; first husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
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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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The tradition mostly died when Napoleon defeated the last holy Roman emperor, Francis II, in 1805, although Russian Orthodox theology sometimes still casts the czars in the role of Katechon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Pigeons raced, fluttered, hovered and dive-bombed for their lunch, and St. Francis II was enveloped in a rush of flapping wings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
House of Cardinals: After the mysterious demise of his predecessor, Pope Francis II takes control of the Vatican.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2015
This second “docile and tame” rhinoceros lived for about a year in Pidcock’s menagerie before he sold it to a highly esteemed client; the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II acquired it for £1000.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2015
The emperor, Francis II, accordingly abdicated, August 6, 1806.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
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