Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1741)

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790

Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Leopold II, Maria Carolina…