Editing Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (section)

== Titles, honours and heraldry ==
[[File:Wien - Denkmal Kaiser Franz I. (1).JPG|thumb|Monument in the inner courtyard of the [[Hofburg]] in Vienna, showing him as the last Roman ''[[Imperator]]'', in a pose similar to the [[Augustus of Prima Porta]] statue]]
[[File:Wien Hofburg brama.jpg|thumb|Golden dedication inscription at the ''Äusseres Burgtor'' of the [[Hofburg Palace]] in Vienna of "FRANCISCUS I. [[IMPERATOR]] AUSTRIAE MDCCCXXIV" (Francis I. Emperor of Austria 1824)]]
[[File:Joseph Kreutzinger - Kaiser Franz I.jpg|thumb|The emperor wearing a number of orders and decoration such as the Golden Fleece, Order of Maria Theresa, Order of Leopold, Order of Saint Stephen, and others (portrait by [[Joseph Kreutzinger]], {{circa|1815}})]]

=== Titles ===
From 1806 he used the [[grand title of the emperor of Austria]]: 

{{poemquote|His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, 
Francis the First 
[[By the Grace of God]] [[Emperor of Austria]], 
[[King of Hungary]], [[King of Bohemia|Bohemia]], [[Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia|Lombardy–Venetia]], [[King of Dalmatia|Dalmatia]], [[King of Croatia|Croatia]], [[King of Slavonia|Slavonia]], [[Emperor of Austria|Galicia]], [[King of Lodomeria|Lodomeria]] and [[King of Illyria|Illyria]]; 
[[King of Jerusalem]], etc.; 
[[Archduke of Austria]];
[[Grand Duke of Tuscany]];
[[Duke of Lorraine]], [[Salzburg]], [[Styria]], [[Carinthia]], [[Carniola]] and [[Bukovina]];
[[Grand Prince of Transylvania]], [[Margrave of Moravia]];
[[Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia]], of [[Modena]], [[Parma]], [[Piacenza]] and [[Guastalla]], of [[Duke of Auschwitz|Auschwitz]] and [[Duchy of Zator|Zator]], of [[Cieszyn|Teschen]], [[Friaul]], [[Republic of Ragusa|Ragusa]] and [[Zadar|Zara]];
[[Princely Count of Habsburg]] and [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]], of [[Princely Count of Kyburg|Kyburg]], [[Princely Count of Gorizia and Gradisca|Gorizia and Gradisca]];
[[Trento|Prince of Trento]] and [[Brixen]];
[[Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia]] and in [[Istria]];
[[Count of Hohenems]], [[Feldkirch, Vorarlberg|Feldkirch]], [[Bregenz]], [[Sonnenberg]] etc.;
[[Lord of Trieste]], of [[Cattaro]] and on the [[Windic March]];
[[Grand Voivode of the Voivodeship of Serbia]]
etc. etc.}}<ref>{{cite book |title=British and Foreign State Papers |date=1829 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZsAAAAAYAAJ&dq=We,+Francis+the+First,+by+the+Grace+of+God+Emperor+of+Austria&pg=PA896}}</ref>

From 1804 with the proclamation of the Empire of Austria until his abdication as Holy Roman Emperor in 1806 his grand title started "By the Grace of God anointed [[Holy Roman Emperor|Roman Emperor]], [[ever Increaser of the Realm]] and [[King in Germania]] ("''von Gottes Gnaden erwählter Römischer Kaiser, zu allen Zeiten Mehrer des Reichs sowie König in Germanien'').

=== Orders and decorations ===
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* {{flagicon image|Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor with haloes (1400-1806).svg}} [[Habsburg monarchy]]:
** [[Order of the Golden Fleece|Knight of the Golden Fleece]], ''1768''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antiquesatoz.com/sgfleece/knights3.htm |title=Chevaliers de la Toisón d'Or – Knights of the Golden Fleece |last= Boettger|first=T. F.|website=La Confrérie Amicale|access-date=25 June 2019}}</ref>
** Grand Cross of the [[Military Order of Maria Theresa]], ''1790''<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1791&size=45&page=216|chapter=Ritter-Orden: Militärischer Maria-Theresien-Orden|title=Hof- und Staats-Schematismus der ... Erzherzoglichen Haupt- und Residenzstadt Wien |date=1791|access-date=13 September 2020|page=434}}</ref>
** Founder and Grand Master of the [[Order of Leopold (Austria)|Imperial Order of Leopold]], ''8 January 1808''<ref name="Berlien1846">{{cite book|author=J ..... -H ..... -Fr ..... Berlien|title=Der Elephanten-Orden und seine Ritter|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_-BAZAAAAYAAJ|year=1846|publisher=Berling|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_-BAZAAAAYAAJ/page/n167/mode/2up 138]–139}}</ref>
** Founder and Grand Master of the [[Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)|Order of the Iron Crown]], ''1815''<ref name="Berlien1846"/>
* [[France]]:
** {{flagicon image|Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg}} [[First French Empire|French Empire]]: Grand Eagle of the [[Legion of Honour]], ''1811''
** {{flagicon image|Pavillon royal de France.svg}} [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Kingdom of France]]: [[Order of the Holy Spirit|Knight of the Holy Spirit]], ''1815''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Teulet|first1=Alexandre|date=1863|title=Liste chronologique des chevaliers de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit depuis son origine jusqu'à son extinction (1578–1830)|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k122126/f373.item.zoom|language=fr|trans-title=Chronological list of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit from its origin to its extinction (1578–1830)|journal=Annuaire-bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de France |number=2 |page=113 |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>
* {{flag|Kingdom of Bavaria}}: [[Order of St. Hubert|Knight of St. Hubert]], ''1813''<ref>{{cite book|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1833|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8dlAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5|year=1833|publisher=Landesamt|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=8dlAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA23 6]}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon image|Svensk flagg 1815.svg}} [[Sweden]]: [[Order of the Sword|Grand Cross of the Sword, 1st Class]], ''20 February 1814''<ref>{{cite web| url = http://magasin.kb.se/searchinterface/page.jsp?id=kb:254333&recordNumber=3&totalRecordNumber=9| title = Posttidningar, 30 April 1814| page=2| access-date = 20 May 2020| archive-date = 22 February 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060419/http://magasin.kb.se/searchinterface/page.jsp?id=kb:254333&recordNumber=3&totalRecordNumber=9| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}: [[Order of the Garter|Stranger Knight of the Garter]], ''9 June 1814''<ref>Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) ''The Knights of England'', '''I''', London, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092537418#page/n139/mode/2up p. 51]</ref>
* {{flag|Denmark}}: [[Order of the Elephant|Knight of the Elephant]], ''12 November 1814''<ref name="Berlien1846"/>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves.svg}} [[United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves|Kingdom of Portugal]]: Grand Cross of the [[Sash of the Three Orders]], ''1818''<ref name="Vicente">{{cite journal|last1=Bragança|first1=Jose Vicente de|date=2011|title=A Evolução da Banda das Três Ordens Militares (1789–1826)|url=http://revistas.lis.ulusiada.pt/index.php/lh/article/download/1560/1673|language=pt|trans-title=The Evolution of the Band of the Three Military Orders (1789–1826)|journal=Lusíada História|volume=2|number=8|page=280|issn=0873-1330|access-date=17 March 2020|archive-date=2 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102091917/http://revistas.lis.ulusiada.pt/index.php/lh/article/download/1560/1673|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Two Sicilies}}:
** [[Order of Saint Januarius|Knight of St. Januarius]], ''1821''<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.socistara.it/studi/Real%20Ordine%20di%20San%20Gennaro.pdf|page=8|language=Italian|title=Vicende e personaggi dell'Insigne e reale Ordine di San Gennaro dalla sua fondazione alla fine del Regno delle Due Sicilie|author=Angelo Scordo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190749/http://www.socistara.it/studi/Real%20Ordine%20di%20San%20Gennaro.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
** [[Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit|Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand and Merit]]
* {{flagdeco|Kingdom of Sardinia}} [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]]: [[Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation|Knight of the Annunciation]], ''3 January 1824''<ref name="Cibrario1869">{{cite book|author=Luigi Cibrario|title=Notizia storica del nobilissimo ordine supremo della santissima Annunziata. Sunto degli statuti, catalogo dei cavalieri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2aP6enNFoYC&pg=PA103|year=1869|publisher=Eredi Botta|page=103}}</ref>
* {{flag|Russian Empire}}:
** [[Order of St. Andrew|Knight of St. Andrew]], ''13 March 1826''
** [[Order of St. Alexander Nevsky|Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky]], ''13 March 1826''
* {{flag|Empire of Brazil}}:
** Grand Cross of the [[Order of Pedro I]], ''1827''
** [[Order of the Southern Cross|Grand Cross of the Southern Cross]], ''1830''
* {{flag|Baden}}:<ref>''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden'' (1834), "Großherzogliche Orden" [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1866769 pp. 32], [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1866787 50]</ref>
** Grand Cross of the [[House Order of Fidelity]], ''1830''
** [[Order of the Zähringer Lion|Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion]], ''1830''
* {{flagicon|Tuscany|habsburg}} [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]]: [[Order of Saint Joseph|Grand Cross of St. Joseph]]
}}

===Heraldry===
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| [[File:Middle Coat of Arms of Leopold II and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperors.svg|185px]]
| [[File:Greater coat of arms of Leopold II and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperors.svg|185px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Leopold II and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperors-Or shield variant.svg|150px]]
| [[File:Ornamented Coat of Arms of Leopold II and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperors.svg|250px]]
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|Middle Coat of arms as Holy Roman Emperor<br /><small>(1792–1804)</small>
|Greater Coat of arms as Holy Roman Emperor<br /><small>(1792–1804)</small>
|Greater Coat of arms (Shield variant)<br /><small>(1792–1804)</small>
|Greater Coat of arms (Shield variant with supporters)<br /><small>(1792–1804)</small>
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| [[File:Middle Coat of Arms of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1804-1806).svg|185px]]
| [[File:Grand Coat of Arms of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1804-1806).svg|250px]]
| [[File:Imperial Coat of Arms of the Empire of Austria (1815).svg|185px]]
| [[File:Imperial Coat of Arms of the Empire of Austria.svg|185px]]
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|Middle Coat of arms as Holy Roman Emperor<br /> and Emperor of Austria<br /><small>(1804–1806)</small>
|Greater Coat of arms as Holy Roman Emperor<br /> and Emperor of Austria<br /><small>(1804–1806)</small>
|Lesser Coat of arms as Emperor of Austria<br /><small>(1815–1835)</small>
|Middle Coat of arms as Emperor of Austria<br /><small>(1815–1835)</small>
|}