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Franz Joseph I., Emperor of Austria, and King of Hungary, born August 18, 1830, the son of Archduke Franz Karl and of Archduchess Sophie, Princess of Bavaria. Educated under the care of his mother, by Count Henri Bombelles, the descendant of an ancient family of French emigrants. Appointed Governor of Bohemia, April 5, 1848; took part in the battle of Santa-Lucia, near Verona, May 6, 1848; declared of age, December 1, 1848. Proclaimed Emperor of Austria in consequence of the abdication of his uncle, Ferdinand I., and the renunciation 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

Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, and Queen of Hungary, born December 24, 1837, the daughter of Duke Maximilian in Bavaria. Offspring of the union are three children: 1. Archduchess Gisela, born July 12, 1856; 2. Archduke Rudolf, heir-apparent, born August 21, 1858; 3. Archduchess Maria, born April 22, 1868.

Brothers of the Emperor.—1. Archduke Karl Ludwig, field-marshal-lieutenant in the Imperial army, born July 30, 1833; married, Oct, 21, 1862, to Princess Annunciata, born March 24, 1843, daughter of the late King Ferdinando II. of Naples. Offspring of the union are three sons and one daughter, Franz, born December 18, 1863; Otto, born April 21, 1865; Ferdinand, born December 27, 1688; and Sophie, born May 13, 1870. 2. Archdiduke Ludwig, major-general in the Imperial army, born May 15, 1842.

Parents of the Emperor.—Archduke Franz Karl, born Dec. 7, 1802, son of the late Emperor Franz I., from his second marriage with a daughter of King Ferdinando I. of Naples. Renounced the throne in favour of his eldest son, Dec. 2, 1848 ; married Nov. 4, 1824, to Princess Sophie, born Jan. 27, 1805, daughter of the late King Maximilian I. of Bavaria.

Uncle and Aunt of the Emperor.—1. Emperor Ferdinand I., born April 19, 1793, eldest son of the late Emperor Franz I.;