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The arrival of Isabella of Parma on the occasion of her wedding to Joseph II, 1760 (painting by Martin van Meytens) (Source: Wikimedia)

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Basic data

  1. Joseph II. Benedikt August Johann Anton Michael Adam, deutscher Kaiser
  2. Joseph, Graf von Falkenstein Pen Names
  3. Joseph II., Erzherzog von Österreich; Joseph II., König von Ungarn; Joseph II., König von Kroatien; Joseph II., König von Böhmen Alternative Names
  4. March 13, 1741 in Wien
  5. †
    February 20, 1790 in Wien
  6. deutscher Kaiser
  7. Wien

Iconography

The arrival of Isabella of Parma on the occasion of her wedding to Joseph II, 1760 (painting by Martin van Meytens) (Source: Wikimedia)
Fête organized to celebrate the marriage of Emperor Joseph II to Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria. The central figures are the three youngest siblings of Joseph, from left to right Archduke Ferdinand as the groom, Archduke Maximilian Franz as Cupid and Archduchess Marie Antoinette as the bride (Source: Wikimedia)
Coronation of the Archduke Joseph as King of the Romans in the Imperial Cathedral of Saint Bartholomew in Frankfurt, 3 April, 1764 (painting by Martin van Meytens) (Source: Wikimedia)
Joseph II (right) with his brother Peter Leopold (by Pompeo Batoni, 1769, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum) (Source: Wikimedia)
Joseph II, 1787 (Source: Wikimedia)
Joseph II depicted plowing a field near Slawikowitz in rural southern Moravia on 19 August 1769 (Source: Wikimedia)
A medal minted during the reign of Joseph II, commemorating his grant of religious liberty to Jews and Protestants (Source: Wikimedia)
Joseph II and his soldiers in 1787 (Source: Wikimedia)
Europe at the time of Joseph's death in 1790. The red line marks the borders of the Holy Roman Empire. (Source: Wikimedia)
Portrait of Joseph II by Georg Decker (Source: Wikimedia)
Joseph II's enlightened absolutism included the Patent of Toleration, enacted in 1781, and the Edict of Tolerance in 1782. (Source: Wikimedia)
Medal commemorating the Austrian Victory over the Ottoman Empire and the Siege of Belgrade (Source: Wikimedia)
Posthumous portrait of Joseph II, c. 1823 (Source: Wikimedia)
Statue of Josef II. in Josefov, Czech Republic (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Joseph II., Kaiser des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches, 1817/1875 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Joseph II., Kaiser des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches, Friedrich Rossmäßler - 1821 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Joseph II., Kaiser des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches, 1824/1900 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Joseph II., Kaiser des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches, 1839/1855 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Iosephvs II., Caesar Avg., Mansfeld, Johann Ernst - 1781 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Ioseph II., Kaiser des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches, Johann Heinrich Lips - 1776/1800 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Iosephvs II., Kaiser des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches, Barthélemi, ? - 1765/1800 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Joseph II., Kaiser des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches, 1765/1850 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Joseph II., Kaiser des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches, 1817/1860 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Joseph II., Empereur et Roi des Romains, Louis Jacques Cathelin - 1765/1785 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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Regierungszeit als Kaiser 1765–1790. Ältester Sohn Kaiser Franz I. und Maria Theresias.

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