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Franz Joseph
Emperor of Austria and king of Hungary,Franz Joseph, 1908.
Franz Joseph was proclaimed emperor at Olmütz (now Olomouc, Czech Republic) on December 2, 1848, following the abdication of his uncle, Emperor Ferdinand I.12