* 1806 – Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire.

Alfonso was the son of Queen Isabella II of Spain, and allegedly, of her husband and King Consort, Francis, Duke of Cádiz.

Thus, there was seen a need for a new law that would ensure the continuance of the succession following the death of the last legal heir under the Bill of Rights, being Princess Anne, guaranteeing the line of succession would continue in the Protestant line, and excluding any possible claims by the deposed James II or his son and daughter, James Francis Edward and Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart.

* 1804 – Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.

Due, however, to their satiric and overtly liberal political inclinations, both operas were seen as unsuitable for public performance in the politically reactive cultures of Leopold II and later Francis II.

He was also the younger brother of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor.

In 1806 Francis II ( now Francis I of Austria ) named the Archduke Charles, already a field marshal, as Commander in Chief of the Austrian army and Head of the Council of War.

** Francis II ( 1559 – 1560 )

** Francis II ( 1859 – 1860 )

** Francis II ( 1458 – 1488 )

The music was written by Joseph Haydn in 1797 as an anthem for the birthday of the Austrian Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire.

The song was a birthday anthem to Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor of the House of Habsburg.

His grandfather, Thomas Francis, founder of the Carignano line of the House of Savoy, was the son of Catherine Michelle – a daughter of Philip II of Spain – and the great-grandson of the Emperor Charles V. But of more immediate consequence to Leopold I was the fact that Eugene was the second cousin of Victor Amadeus, the Duke of Savoy, a connection that the Emperor hoped might prove useful in any future confrontation with France.

Of equal alarm was Francis II Rákóczi's revolt which, by the end of the year, had reached as far as Moravia and Lower Austria.

The first Austrian Emperor was the last Holy Roman Emperor Francis II.

With the size of his imperial realm significantly reduced, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor became Francis I, Emperor of Austria.

Meanwhile, Sir Francis Drake had undertaken a major voyage against Spanish ports and ships to the Caribbean in 1585 and 1586, and in 1587 had made a successful raid on Cadiz, destroying the Spanish fleet of war ships intended for the Enterprise of England: Philip II had decided to take the war to England.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ( born Prince Louis of Battenberg ; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979 ), was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.

Francis II may refer to:

* Francis II, Duke of Brittany ( 1433 – 1488 )

* Francis II of France ( 1544 – 1560 )

** Francis II, 1559 – 1560

Mary I died in 1558, and she was succeeded by her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth I. Walsingham returned to England, and through the support of one of his fellow former exiles, Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, he was elected to Elizabeth's first parliament as the member for Bossiney, Cornwall, in 1559

Royal Entry of Emperor Charles V, Francis I of France, and Alessandro Cardinal Farnese into Paris, Villa Farnese ( 1559 ).

Francis II ( French: François II ) ( 19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560 ) was aged 15 when he succeeded to the throne of France after the accidental death of his father, King Henry II, in 1559.

On July 10, 1559, Francis became king of France, succeeding his father, Henry II, King of France, who died accidentally.

On September 21, 1559, Francis II was consecrated king in Reims by the Cardinal of Lorraine.

For its foreign policy, the government of Francis II continued the peace efforts started by Henri II since the signature of the Cateau-Cambrésis treaty in April 1559.

File: Scotland Arms 1559. svg | Royal arms of Francis, Dauphin and King consort of Scots

Image: Francois Second Mary Stuart. jpg | Francis II ( age 15 ) with his wife Mary, Queen of Scots ( age 17 ) in 1559.

File: Scotland Arms 1559. svg | Arms of Dauphin Francis, King-consort of Scots.

Following the accidental death of Henry II in 1559, his son succeeded as King Francis II along with his wife, the Queen Consort also known as Mary Queen of Scots.

A long and eloquent Discours au roi ( detailing the duties of a prince, and translated from a Latin original written by Michel de l ' Hôpital, now lost ) was dedicated to Francis II in 1559, and is said to have secured for the poet a tardy pension.

In 1559, sickly fifteen-year-old Francis II of France ( married to the young Mary, Queen of Scots ) succeeded to the throne ; Mary's uncles François, Duc de Guise, and Charles de Guise may have held much of the true power in this period, and did much to persecute the French Protestants and reduce the power of the Bourbon and Condé princes.

Mary, Queen of Scots, in deuil blanc c. 1559 following the deaths of her father-in-law, mother, and first husband Francis II of France.

The accession of Francis's niece Mary, Queen of Scots, and her husband, Francis II of France ( 10 July 1559 ), however, was a triumph for the Guise family, and the Grand Master of France Montmorency was disgraced and sent from court.

The first documented instance of a princess who wore a white wedding gown for a royal wedding ceremony is that of Philippa of England, who wore a tunic with a cloak in white silk bordered with grey squirrel and ermine ) in 1406 .; Mary, Queen of Scots, wore a white wedding gown in 1559 when she married her first husband, Francis Dauphin of France because it was her favorite color, although white was then the color of mourning for French Queens.

* Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( 1530 – 1559 )

In 1559, for example, Francis II reduced the number of of lances in each company by 20.

* Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland ( 1559 – 1641 )

At the death of Henry II in 1559, the Protestants of France looked forward to a relaxation of stringent policies against their religion, but the young king, Francis II, retained his father's policy.

Diane's second marriage was to Francis de Montmorency in 1559, who was the eldest son of Anne, Constable of France.

* Francis II ( 1559 – 1560 ), also king of France as Francis II