caption father death_date death_place mother birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name
francis iv of modena with the austrian golden fleece archduke ferdinand of austria-este 21 january 1846 modena maria beatrice ricciarda d'este milan 6 october 1779 maria beatrice of savoy franciveste.jpg francis iv , duke of modena
 francis iv , duke of modena
francis iv , duke of modena

francis iv joseph charles ambrose stanislaus -lrb- italian : `` francesco iv giuseppe carlo ambrogio stanislao d'absburgo-este '' ; 6 october 1779 -- 21 january 1846 -rrb- was duke of modena , reggio , and mirandola -lrb- from 1815 -rrb- , duke of massa and prince of carrara -lrb- from 1829 -rrb- , archduke of austria-este , royal prince of hungary and bohemia , knight of the order of the golden fleece .
he was a grandson of maria theresa of austria , head of the house of habsburg , and was heir to the modena branch of the house of este through his mother .
he thus became the first member of the house of habsburg-este to rule the este inheritance in northern italy .
francis was born in milan .
his father was archduke ferdinand of austria-este , duke of breisgau , his mother maria beatrice ricciarda d'este , duchess of massa and princess of carrara , lady of lunigiana .
francis is distinguished for his stern and tyrannic rule by which he repressed all the democratic movements appearing during his reign , particularly following a major revolt in 1830 .
the harshness of the ducal policies are illustrated by the hanging of ciro menotti for an attempted insurrection against the duke -lrb- 1831 -rrb- .
