!!!Franz I.Stephan

b. Nancy (France), Dec. 8, 1708, 
d. Innsbruck (Tyrol), Aug. 18, 1765. Emperor (from 1745); 1729 as 
Franz III Stephan Duke of Lorraine and Bar. In 1735 had to 
renounce his lands, but became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1737, after 
the line of the Medici had died out. Married  Maria Theresia in 1736, 
founded the House of Habsburg-Lothringen, and became co-regent in the 
Austrian hereditary lands from November 21, 1740. Although he had only 
few political powers, he was very skilled in handling economic 
affairs. His large fortune was used to establish the Habsburg family 
fund in 1765. He is buried in the Capuchin Crypt. Monuments designed 
by B. F. Moll are situated in the Burggarten, in the park of 
Schoenbrunn Palace (both in Vienna) and in Laxenburg (Lower Austria).

!Literature
H. L. Mikoletzky, Kaiser F. und der Ursprung des 
habsburg-lothring. Familienvermoegens, 1961; G. Schreiber, 
F. Stephan. An der Seite einer grossen Frau, 1986; B. Hamann, Die 
Habsburger, %%sup 4/%1993.



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