Franz Josef

[ joh-zuhf, -suhf; German yoh-zef ]

noun

1. Francis Joseph I.

Example Sentences

King Louis XIV was a fan, as were Peter the Great and Napoleon III, and Franz Josef, King of Hungary, sent Queen Victoria one bottle of Tokaji on her birthday for every year she had lived.

From Seattle Times

Nevertheless, she added, Elisabeth, who was married to Emperor Franz Josef I, is largely a mystery.

From New York Times

As the story goes, Franz Josef was expected to propose to Elisabeth’s older sister, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, but he changed his mind once he saw Elisabeth.

From New York Times

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive at the Franz Josef Strauss Airport, on the eve of the G7 summit, in Munich, Germany June 25, 2022.

From Reuters

Franz Josef Land, a jumble of glacier-covered islands in the Arctic Ocean named after an Austro-Hungarian emperor, was until a few years ago mostly uninhabited, home to polar bears, walruses, sea birds and little else.

From New York Times