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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZoidMeister, post: 5800547, member: 114169&quot;]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria</a></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i><b>Franz Joseph I</b> or <b>Francis Joseph I</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" rel="nofollow">German</a>: Franz Josef Karl; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Austria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Austria" rel="nofollow">Emperor of Austria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Hungary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Hungary" rel="nofollow">King of Hungary</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Croatia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Croatia" rel="nofollow">Croatia</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Bohemia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Bohemia" rel="nofollow">Bohemia</a>, and monarch of other states of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Empire" rel="nofollow">Austro-Hungarian Empire</a>, from 2 December 1848 until his death.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> From 1 May 1850 to 24 August 1866 he was also President of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Confederation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Confederation" rel="nofollow">German Confederation</a>. He was the longest-reigning ruler of Austria and Hungary, as well as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs" rel="nofollow">sixth-longest-reigning monarch</a> of any country in European history.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurad19681-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurad19681-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>His rule extended over a pretty wide territory, some of which was probably under Russian control about the time of the minting of that coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>And it is a coin, not a medal.&nbsp; Just don&#039;t know it&#039;s provenance just yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Z</p><p><br /></p><p>More on the extent of his reign:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>His official grand title after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausgleich" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausgleich" rel="nofollow">Ausgleich</a> of 1867 was: &quot;Francis Joseph the First, by the Grace of God <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Austria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Austria" rel="nofollow">Emperor of Austria</a>, Apostolic King of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" rel="nofollow">Hungary</a>, King of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia" rel="nofollow">Bohemia</a>, King of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dalmatia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Dalmatia" rel="nofollow">Dalmatia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia-Slavonia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia-Slavonia" rel="nofollow">Croatia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Slavonia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Slavonia" rel="nofollow">Slavonia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia_and_Lodomeria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia_and_Lodomeria" rel="nofollow">Galicia and Lodomeria</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Illyria_(1816%E2%80%9349)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Illyria_(1816%E2%80%9349)" rel="nofollow">Illyria</a>; King of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem" rel="nofollow">Jerusalem</a> etc., Archduke of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduchy_of_Austria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduchy_of_Austria" rel="nofollow">Austria</a>; Grand Duke of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany" rel="nofollow">Tuscany</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Cracow" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Cracow" rel="nofollow">Cracow</a>, Duke of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Lorraine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Lorraine" rel="nofollow">Lorraine</a>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Salzburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Salzburg" rel="nofollow">Salzburg</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Styria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Styria" rel="nofollow">Styria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Carinthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Carinthia" rel="nofollow">Carinthia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Carniola" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Carniola" rel="nofollow">Carniola</a> and of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Bukovina" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Bukovina" rel="nofollow">Bukovina</a>; Grand Prince of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Principality_of_Transylvania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Principality_of_Transylvania" rel="nofollow">Transylvania</a>; Margrave of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margraviate_of_Moravia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margraviate_of_Moravia" rel="nofollow">Moravia</a>; Duke of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Silesia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Silesia" rel="nofollow">Upper and Lower Silesia</a>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Modena" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Modena" rel="nofollow">Modena</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Parma" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Parma" rel="nofollow">Parma</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Piacenza" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Piacenza" rel="nofollow">Piacenza</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Guastalla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Guastalla" rel="nofollow">Guastalla</a>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_O%C5%9Bwi%C4%99cim" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_O%C5%9Bwi%C4%99cim" rel="nofollow">Oświęcim</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Zator" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Zator" rel="nofollow">Zator</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Teschen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Teschen" rel="nofollow">Ćeszyn</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Friuli" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Friuli" rel="nofollow">Friuli</a>, Ragusa (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik" rel="nofollow">Dubrovnik</a>) and Zara (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadar" rel="nofollow">Zadar</a>); Princely Count of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg" rel="nofollow">Habsburg</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Tyrol" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Tyrol" rel="nofollow">Tyrol</a>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Kyburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Kyburg" rel="nofollow">Kyburg</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Gorizia_and_Gradisca" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Gorizia_and_Gradisca" rel="nofollow">Gorizia and Gradisca</a>; Prince of Trent (Trento) and Brixen; Margrave of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Lusatia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Lusatia" rel="nofollow">Upper</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Lusatia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Lusatia" rel="nofollow">Lower Lusatia</a> and in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margraviate_of_Istria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margraviate_of_Istria" rel="nofollow">Istria</a>; Count of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Hohenems" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Hohenems" rel="nofollow">Hohenems</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Feldkirch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Feldkirch" rel="nofollow">Feldkirch</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Bregenz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Bregenz" rel="nofollow">Bregenz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Sonnenberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Sonnenberg" rel="nofollow">Sonnenberg</a>, etc.; Lord of Trieste, of Cattaro (Kotor), and over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windic_march" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windic_march" rel="nofollow">Windic march</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosswojwod" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosswojwod" rel="nofollow">Grand Voivode</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voivodeship_of_Serbia_and_Banat_of_Temeschwar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voivodeship_of_Serbia_and_Banat_of_Temeschwar" rel="nofollow">Voivodship of Serbia</a>.&quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria#cite_note-52" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria#cite_note-52" rel="nofollow">[52]</a></i></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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