Emperor of Austria

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head of state hereditary monarchy monarchical title

The Emperor of Austria was the hereditary monarch who ruled the Austrian Empire (and later Austria-Hungary) from 1804 until the monarchy’s abolition in 1918, serving as the central figure of Habsburg imperial authority in Central Europe.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Austrian Emperor 1
Emperor-King of Austria-Hungary 1
His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ
abolished 1918 ⓘ
alsoHeldTitle King of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: Apostolic King of Hungary

King of Bohemia ⓘ
King of Hungary ⓘ
King of Lombardy–Venetia ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire
authorityOver Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Cisleithania
capital Vienna ⓘ
coexistedWith King of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: King of Hungary (1867–1918)
constitutionalRole head of the executive power in the empire ⓘ
country Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire
dynasty House of Habsburg ⓘ
surface form: House of Habsburg-Lorraine
endedByEvent Abolition of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ⓘ
End of World War I ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
firstHolder Francis I of Austria ⓘ
GermanName Kaiser von Österreich ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
inception 1804 ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
lastHolder Charles I of Austria ⓘ
legitimizedBy hereditary succession ⓘ
memberOf European monarchies ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Habsburg ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg

House of Habsburg ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg-Lorraine
partOf Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
religionAssociated Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
replacedBy President of Austria ⓘ
residence Hofburg Palace, Vienna ⓘ
surface form: Hofburg Palace

Schönbrunn Palace ⓘ
seat Vienna ⓘ
startTime 1804 ⓘ
style Emperor of Austria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty
successionType agnatic primogeniture ⓘ
titleHolder Charles I of Austria ⓘ
Ferdinand I of Austria ⓘ
Francis I of Austria ⓘ
Franz Joseph I of Austria ⓘ
usedInState Austrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Order of the Iron Crown → awardingBody → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor-King of Austria-Hungary
Francis I of Austria → createdTitle → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor → createdTitle → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
Lombardy–Venetia → headOfState → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
Emperor of Austria → style → Emperor of Austria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty
Austro-Hungarian Army → subordinateTo → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
Imperial Council (Reichsrat) → subordinateTo → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor → successorTitle → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
King of Bohemia → successorTitleInPractice → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
Charles I of Austria → title → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
Habsburg emperors → usedTitle → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
His Imperial Majesty → usedWithTitle → Emperor of Austria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austrian Emperor