Francis II

noun

1. Francis I2

Francis II

noun

1. Francis II15441560MFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1544–60, king of France (1559–60); son of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici; first husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
2. Francis II17681835MAustrianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1768–1835, last Holy Roman Emperor (1792–1806) and, as Francis I, first emperor of Austria (1804–35). The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved (1806) following his defeat by Napoleon at Austerlitz

Example Sentences

In 1860, when the constitution was granted by Francis II., the camorristi then in gaol were liberated in great numbers.

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Francis II of France, to whom she was married in 1558 and who died two years afterward.

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Francis II, whose health had always been delicate, suddenly showed alarming symptoms of decline.

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We pass on to the close of the short reign of Francis II., which extended over barely seventeen months.

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His son, Francis II., who succeeded him upon the throne, was twenty-two years of age.

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