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Leopold II was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790 as Leopold I. He was a son of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Queen Maria Carolina, Duchess Maria Amalia of Parma, and Emperor Joseph II. Leopold w…
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politics · Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 · politician · also Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, imperatore del Sacro romano impero Leopold II, Kaiser Leopold II. Heiliges Römisches Reich, Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, Leopold II
Born 5 May 1747 · Died 1 March 1792 · Q151321
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was vacant. Louis XVI. had not been able to maintain himself. If I had been in his place, the Revolution—notwithstanding the immense progress it had made in men
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
“I was revolutionary from ignorance and ambition. At the age of reason, I have followed its counsels and my own instinct, and I crushed the Revolution.”
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
“was vacant. Louis XVI. had not been able to maintain himself. If I had been in his place, the Revolution—notwithstanding the immense progress it had made in men”
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
“They are not written for you; the Parisians believe everything, and I might tell them a great deal more which they would not refuse to accept.”
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Died 1792-03-01.
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Career landmark: Apostolic King of Hungary (1790–1792).
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Career landmark: King of Bohemia (1790–1792).
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Career landmark: Holy Roman Emperor (1790–1792).
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Born 1747-05-05.
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