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Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916. [1]
The Jackson–Harmsworth expedition of 1894–1897 to Franz Josef Land was led by British Arctic explorer Frederick George Jackson and financed by newspaper proprietor Alfred Harmsworth. Jackson had been misled by speculative maps into believing that Franz Joseph Land was a land mass that extended to the North Pole.
The 1908 Jubilee Cross was created by Emperor Franz Josef on 2 December 1908 in order to commemorative medal the mark the 60th anniversary of his accession to the throne of the Habsburg Empire [1] The cross was created by Professor Rudolf Marschall (1873-1967) of the Hofkammer, the Imperial Finance Ministry. The cross pattée was 37 mm in diameter.
The 1898 Jubilee Medal was created by Emperor Franz Josef on 2 December 1898 in order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his accession to the throne of the Habsburg Empire [1] The medal was 34–35 mm in diameter. The golden Jubilee medal had an eagle on top. The obverse of the medal bore the portrait of Emperor Franz Josef. On the reverse ...
The hut on Franz Josef Land, covered in snow, in which Nansen and Johansen spent the winter of 1895–96. A drawing, based on Nansen's photograph. As the base for their winter quarters, Nansen and Johansen found a beach in a sheltered cove on what is now called Jackson Island, with a plentiful supply of stones and moss for building materials ...
Duke Franz Josef in Bavaria visited the US in 1910 and hunted grizzly bears though the US press speculated on a possible American match (so popular at the time). The speculation was furthered when Franz Joseph commented on his cousin Prince Miguel's lovely American bride, Anita Stewart. He also told the papers nothing would 'stand in the way ...
Franz Joseph Maximilian Maria Antonius Ignatius Lamoral, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, [citation needed] full German name: Franz Josef Maximilian Maria Antonius Ignatius Lamoral Fürst von Thurn und Taxis [citation needed] (21 December 1893, Regensburg, Kingdom of Bavaria [citation needed] – 13 July 1971, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany [citation needed]) was the ninth Prince of Thurn and ...
First page of the February Patent of 1861 with the grand title of the emperor Empress Maria Theresa, on her right are the crowns of the Austrian Empire, Hungary, Bohemia and the coronet of the Archduchy of Austria.