Editing Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (section)

== Death ==
[[File:Friedrich von Amerling - Kaiser Franz I. von Österreich - 2680 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg|thumb|170px|Portrait of an aging Francis II, by [[Friedrich von Amerling]], {{circa|1832}}]]
On 2 March 1835, 43 years and a day after his father's death, Francis died in Vienna of a sudden fever aged 67, in the presence of many of his family and with all the religious comforts.<ref name="wheatcroft254" /> His funeral was magnificent, with his Viennese subjects respectfully filing past his coffin in the court chapel of the [[Hofburg]] palace<ref name="wz18350305">{{Cite news |date=5 March 1835 |title=Wien |page=1, col. 2 |work=[[Wiener Zeitung]] |url=http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=wrz&datum=18350305&seite=1&zoom=1}}</ref> for three days.<ref>{{harvnb|Wheatcroft|1996|p=255}}</ref> Francis was interred in the traditional resting place of Habsburg monarchs, the [[Imperial Crypt]] in Vienna's Neue Markt Square. He is buried in tomb number 57, surrounded by tombs of his four wives.[[File:Sarcophagus Emperor Franz II.(I.) Vienna Austria.jpg|thumb|upright|Sarcophagus of Francis II in the [[Imperial Crypt, Vienna|Imperial Crypt]]]]Francis passed on a main point in the political testament he left for his son and heir [[Ferdinand I of Austria|Ferdinand]]: to "preserve unity in the family and regard it as one of the highest goods." In many portraits (particularly those painted by [[Peter Fendi]]) he was portrayed as the patriarch of a loving family, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.<ref name="wheatcroft254">{{harvnb|Wheatcroft|1996|p=254}}</ref>