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AUSTRIA HUNGARY.
Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie. )
Reigning Sovereign.
Franz Josef I. (Ferenoz Jozsef^), Emperor of Anstiia and King of Hungary ; born Augnst 18, 1830 ; the son of Archduke Franz Karl, second son of the late Emperor Franz I. of Austria, and of Archduchess Sophie, Princess of Bavaiia. Proclaimed Emperor of Austria after the abdication of his uncle, Ferdinand I. (in Hungary, V.), and the renun- ciation of the crown by his father, December 2, 1848 ; crowned King of Hungary, and took the oath on the Hungarian Constitution, June 8, 1867. Married April 24, 1854, to the late Empress Elisabeth (Erzsebet), bom December 24, 1837, the daughter of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria ; died at Geneva, September 10, 1898.
Hcir-Presiimpiive.—Avc\\<l\\kQ Franz (Ferencz) Ferdinand, sou of the late Archduke Karl Ludwig and Princess Annunciata, daughter of the late King Ferdinando II. of Naples ; married July 1, 1900, to the Countess Sophia Chotek (now Duchess of Hohenberg), having duly renounced the right of his future children to succeed to the thrones of Austria and Hungary.
Children of the Emperor- King.
I. Archduchess Gisela {Gizella), born July 12, 1856 ; married April 20, 1873, to Prince Leopold, second son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, born February 9, 1846.
II. Archduchess Maria Valeria, born April 22, 1868 ; married July 31, 1890, to Franz Salvator, Archduke of Austria-Tuscany.
Grandchild of the Emperor -Kiyuj.
Archduchess Elisabeth (Erzsebet), born September 2, 1883, only child of the late Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince, and Princess Stephanie, second daughter of King Leopold II. of Belgium ; married January 23, 1902, to Prince Otto zu Windischgriitz.
Brother of the Eynperor-King,
Archduke Ludwig (Lajos) Victor, Feldzeugmeister in the imperial and royal army ; born May, 15, 1842.
Children of the Emperor- Kings late Brother, the Archduke Karl-Ludwig.
I. Franz (Ferencz) Ferdinand, born December 18, 1863 (see above). II. Maria Annunciata, born July 31, 1876 ; installed abbess at Prague, October 19, 1895. III. Elisabeth, born July, 7, 1878 ; married April 20, 1903, to Prince Alois of Liechtenstein.
1 The Hungarian forms of names are inserted in parentheses.
