Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

## **Reign**

* September 13, 1745 - August 18, 1765 (19 years, as Holy Roman Emperor)
* Preceded by Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
* Succeeded by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

* November 21, 1740 - August 18, 1765 (24 years, as Archduke of Austria)
* Preceded by Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria
* Co-Reigned with Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria
* Succeeded by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

* July 12, 1737 - August 18, 1765 (28 years, as Grand Duke of Tuscany)
* Preceded by Gian Gastone, Grand Duke of Tuscany
* Succeeded by Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

* March 27, 1729 - July 9, 1737 (8 years, as Duke of Lorraine)
* Preceded by Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
* Succeeded by Stanisław I, King of Poland

## **Life Data**

* Francis Stephen
* House of Lorraine
* Born December 8, 1708 (Nancy, France)
* Died August 18, 1765 (56 years)

## **Immediate Family**

* Father: Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679-1729)
* Mother: Élisabeth Charlotte, Princess of Orléans (1676-1744)

* Sibling 1: Léopold, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (1699-1700)
* Sibling 2: Élisabeth Charlotte, Princess of Lorraine (1700-11)
* Sibling 3: Louise Christine, Princess of Lorraine (1701-01)
* Sibling 4: Marie Gabrièle, Princess of Lorraine (1702-11)
* Sibling 5: Louis, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (1704-11)
* Sibling 6: Josepha Gabrièle, Princess of Lorraine (1705-08)
* Sibling 7: Gabrièle Louise, Princess of Lorraine (1706-10)
* Sibling 8: Léopold Clément, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine (1707-23)
* Sibling 9: Eléonore, Princess of Lorraine (1710-10)
* Sibling 10: Elisabeth Therese, Queen of Sardinia (1711-41)
* Sibling 11: Charles Alexander, Governor of the Austria Netherlands (1712-80)
* Sibling 12: Anne Charlotte, Princess of Lorraine (1714-73)
* Sibling 13: Marie Louise, Princess of Lorraine (1716-23)

* Paternal Grandfather: Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643-90)
* Paternal Grandmother: Eleonore, Archduchess of Austria (1653-97)

* Maternal Grandfather: Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640-1701)
* Maternal Grandmother: Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess of the Palatinate (1652-1722)

## **Wife: Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria**

* Born May 13, 1717
* Father: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740)
* Mother: Elisabeth Christine, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691-1750)
* Died November 29, 1780 (63 years)

* Marriage: February 12, 1736 - August 18, 1765 (29 years, died)

## **Child 1: Maria Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Elisabeth Amalia Antonia Josefa Gabriele Johanna Agathe
* Born February 5, 1737
* Died June 7, 1740 (3 years)

## **Child 2: Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Anna Josepha Antonia
* Born October 6, 1738
* Died November 19, 1789 (51 years)

## **Child 3: Maria Carolina, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Carolina Ernestina Antonia Johanna Josefa
* Born January 12, 1740
* Died January 25, 1741 (1 year)

## **Child 4: Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor**

* Josef Benedikt Anton Michel Adam
* Born March 13, 1741
* Died February 20, 1790 (48 years)

* First Wife: Isabella, Princess of Parma (1741-63)
* Marriage: October 6, 1760 - November 27, 1763 (3 years, widowed)

* Child 1: Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria (1762-70)
* Child 2: Maria Christina, Archduchess of Austria (1763-63)

* Second Wife: Maria Josepha, Princess of Bavaria (1739-67)
* Marriage: January 25, 1765 - May 28, 1767 (2 years, widowed)

## **Child 5: Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen**

* Maria Christina Johanna Josepha Antonia
* Born May 13, 1742
* Died June 24, 1798 (56 years)

* Husband: Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738-1822)
* Marriage: April 8, 1766 - June 24, 1798 (32 years, died)

* Child 1: Maria Christina, Princess of Saxony (1767-67)

## **Child 6: Maria Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Elisabeth Josepha Johanna Antonia
* Born August 13, 1743
* Died September 22, 1808 (65 years)

## **Child 7: Charles Joseph, Archduke of Austria**

* Carl Josef Emanuel Johann Nepomuk Anton Prokop
* Born February 1, 1745
* Died January 18, 1761 (15 years)

## **Child 8: Maria Amalia, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Amalia Josepha Johanna Antonia
* Born February 26, 1746
* Died June 18, 1804 (58 years)

* Husband: Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751-1802)
* Marriage: July 19, 1769 - October 9, 1802 (33 years, widowed)

* Child 1: Carolina, Princess of Parma (1770-1804)
* m.1792 Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759-1838)
* Children: 3 sons, 4 daughters

* Child 2: Louis I, King of Etruria (1773-1803)
* m.1795 Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782-1824)
* Children: 1 son, 1 daughter

* Child 3: Maria Antonia, Princess of Parma (1774-1841)
* Child 4: Maria Carlotta, Princess of Parma (1777-1813)
* Child 5: Philip Maria, Prince of Guastalla (1783-86)
* Child 6: Maria Antonietta, Princess of Parma (1784-85)
* Child 7: Maria Luisa, Princess of Parma (1787-89)
* Child 8: Maria Enrichetta, Princess of Parma (1788-99)

## **Child 9: Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor**

* Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard
* Born May 5, 1747
* Died March 1, 1792 (44 years)

* Wife: Maria Luisa, Infanta of Spain (1745-92)
* Marriage: August 5, 1765 - March 1, 1792 (26 years, died)

* Child 1: Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria (1767-1827)
* m.1787 Anthony, King of Saxony (1755-1836)
* Children: 1 son, 3 daughters

* Child 2: Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)
* m.1788 Elisabeth, Duchess of Württemberg (1767-90)
* Children: 1 daughter
* m.1790 Maria Theresa, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1772-1807)
* Children: 4 sons, 8 daughters
* m.1808 Maria Ludovika, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1787-1816)
* m.1816 Caroline Augusta, Princess of Bavaria (1792-1873)

* Child 3: Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769-1824)
* m.1790 Luisa, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1773-1802)
* Children: 2 sons, 3 daughters
* m.1821 Maria Ferdinanda, Princess of Saxony (1796-1865)

* Child 4: Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria (1770-1809)

* Child 5: Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771-1847)
* m.1815 Henrietta, Princess of Nassau-Weilburg (1797-1829)
* Children: 5 sons, 2 daughters

* Child 6: Alexander Leopold, Archduke of Austria (1772-95)
* Child 7: Albrecht, Archduke of Austria (1773-74)
* Child 8: Maximilian, Archduke of Austria (1774-78)

* Child 9: Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776-1847)
* m.1799 Alexandra Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1783-1801)
* Children: 1 daughter
* m.1815 Hermine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797-1817)
* Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
* m.1819 Maria Dorothea, Duchess of Württemberg (1797-1855)
* Children: 2 sons, 3 daughters

* Child 10: Maria Clementina, Archduchess of Austria (1777-1801)
* m.1797 Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies (1777-1801)
* Children: 1 son, 1 daughter

* Child 11: Anton Victor, Archduke of Austria (1779-1835)
* Child 12: Maria Amalia, Archduchess of Austria (1780-98)

* Child 13: John, Archduke of Austria (1782-1859)
* m.1829 Anna Plochl, Countess of Meran (1804-85)
* Children: 1 son

* Child 14: Rainer Joseph, Archduke of Austria (1783-1853)
* m.1820 Elisabeth, Princess of Savoy (1800-56)
* Children: 6 sons, 2 daughters

* Child 15: Louis, Archduke of Austria (1784-1864)
* Child 16: Rudolf, Archduke of Austria (1788-1831)

## **Child 10: Maria Carolina, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Carolina
* Born September 17, 1748
* Died September 17, 1748 (Stillbirth)

## **Child 11: Maria Johanna Gabriela, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Johanna Gabriela Josepha Antonia
* Born February 4, 1750
* Died December 23, 1762 (12 years)

## **Child 12: Maria Josepha, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Josepha Gabriella Johanna Antonia Anna
* Born March 19, 1751
* Died October 15, 1767 (16 years)

## **Child 13: Maria Carolina, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Carolina Louise Josepha Johanna Antonia
* Born August 13, 1752
* Died September 8, 1814 (62 years)

* Husband: Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (1751-1825)
* Marriage: April 7, 1768 - September 8, 1814 (46 years, died)

* Child 1: Maria Theresa, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1772-1807)
* m.1790 Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)
* Children: 4 sons, 8 daughters

* Child 2: Luisa, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1773-1802)
* m.1790 Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769-1824)
* Children: 2 sons, 3 daughters

* Child 3: Carlo, Duke of Calabria (1775-78)
* Child 4: Maria Anna, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1775-80)

* Child 5: Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies (1777-1830)
* m.1797 Maria Clementina, Archduchess of Austria (1777-1801)
* Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
* m.1802 María Isabella, Infanta of Spain (1789-1848)
* Children: 6 sons, 6 daughters

* Child 6: Maria Cristina, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1779-1849)
* m.1807 Charles Felix, King of Sardinia (1765-1831)

* Child 7: Gennaro, Prince of Naples and Sicily (1780-89)
* Child 8: Giuseppe, Prince of Naples and Sicily (1781-83)

* Child 9: Maria Amalia, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1782-1866)
* m.1809 Louis Philippe I, King of France (1773-1850)
* Children: 6 sons, 4 daughters

* Child 10: Maria Cristina, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1783-83)

* Child 11: Maria Antonia, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1784-1806)
* m.1802 Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1784-1833)

* Child 12: Maria Clotilde, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1786-92)
* Child 13: Maria Henrietta, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1787-92)
* Child 14: Carlo, Prince of Naples and Sicily (1788-89)

* Child 15: Leopold, Prince of Salerno (1790-1851)
* m.1816 Clementina, Archduchess of Austria (1798-1881)
* Children: 1 son, 1 daughter

* Child 16: Alberto, Prince of Naples and Sicily (1792-98)
* Child 17: Maria Isabella, Princess of Naples and Sicily (1793-1801)

## **Child 14: Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este**

* Ferdinand Karl Anton Josef Johann Stanislaus
* Born June 1, 1754
* Died December 24, 1806 (52 years)

* Wife: Maria Beatrice, Duchess of Massa (1750-1829)
* Marriage: October 15, 1771 - December 24, 1806 (35 years, died)

* Child 1: Josef Franz, Archduke of Austria-Este (1772-72)

* Child 2: Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1773-1832)
* m.1789 Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1759-1824)
* Children: 1 son, 5 daughters

* Child 3: Josepha, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1775-77)

* Child 4: Maria Leopoldine, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1776-1848)
* m.1795 Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724-99)
* m.1804 Ludwig, Count von Arco (1773-1854)
* Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter

* Child 5: Francis IV, Duke of Modena (1779-1846)
* m.1812 Maria Beatrice, Princess of Savoy (1792-1840)
* Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters

* Child 6: Ferdinand Karl Joseph, Archduke of Austria-Este (1781-1850)
* Child 7: Maximilian, Archduke of Austria-Este (1782-1863)
* Child 8: Maria Antonia, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1784-86)
* Child 9: Karl Ambrosius, Archduke of Austria-Este (1785-1809)

* Child 10: Maria Ludovika, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1787-1816)
* m.1808 Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)

## **Child 15: Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria**

* Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna
* Born November 2, 1755
* Died October 16, 1793 (37 years)

* Husband: Louis XVI, King of France (1754-93)
* Marriage: May 16, 1770 - January 21, 1793 (22 years, widowed)

* Child 1: Marie Thérèse, Princess of France (1778-1851)
* m.1799 Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775-1844)

* Child 2: Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781-89)
* Child 3: Louis XVII, King of France (1785-95)
* Child 4: Sophie, Princess of France (1786-87)

## **Child 16: Maximilian Francis, Archduke of Austria**

* Maximilian Franz Xaver Joseph Johann Anton de Paula Wenzel
* Born December 8, 1756
* Died July 26, 1801 (44 years)