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The March of Austria, also known as Marcha Orientalis, was first formed in 976 out of the lands that had once been the March of Pannonia in Carolingian times. The oldest attestation dates back to 996, where the written name "ostarrichi" occurs in a document transferring land in present-day Austria to a Bavarian monastery.
The emperor of Austria (German: Kaiser von Österreich, Latin: Imperator Austriae) was the ruler of the Austrian Empire and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The hereditary imperial title and office was proclaimed in 1804 by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor , a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine , and continually held by him and his heirs ...
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]
Francis took the title Emperor of Austria. 1805: 25 September: Ulm Campaign: A French-Bavarian force crossed the Rhine into Germany. 8 October: Battle of Wertingen: A French army surprised and defeated a much smaller Austrian force at Wertingen. 9 October: Battle of Günzburg: A French force captured a Danube river crossing at Günzburg ...
Francis I, Emperor of Austria 1804–1835: formerly Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (→Family Tree) Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria 1835–1848 ; Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria 1848–1916. Charles I, Emperor of Austria 1916–1918. He died in exile in 1922. His wife was of the House of Bourbon-Parma.
The grand title of the emperor of Austria (German: Großer Titel des Kaisers von Österreich) was the official list of the crowns, titles, and dignities which the emperors of Austria carried from the foundation of the empire in 1804 until the end of the monarchy in 1918.
Charles I (German: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, Hungarian: Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 1887 – 1 April 1922) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from November 1916 until the monarchy was abolished in November 1918.
Since the Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved and the monarchy abolished on 11 November 1918 Charles was the last Austrian emperor and thus not succeeded. Five minister-presidents of Cisleithania and five prime ministers of the Kingdom of Hungary have served under the reign of Emperor Charles I.