!!!Reichsverweser

Reichsverweser (temporary regent), position conferred upon Archduke  
Johann by the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 on June 29, 1848; 
constituted the provisional central authority in the German 
Federation. Archduke Johann accepted his election on July 5 in the 
presence of a deputation, was invested in Frankfurt on July 11, 1848 
and formed a temporary government under Fuerst K. zu Leiningen. 
However, due to the dispute between the  Grossdeutsche and  
Kleindeutsche he was not given any competences. Archduke Johann 
returned to Austria in December 1849 after the office of 
Reichsverweser had been replaced with a "Bundeskommission" 
(Federal Commission) following an agreement between Austria and 
Prussia.

!Literature
E. Hoor, Erzherzog Johann von Oesterreich als 
Reichsverweser. Der unveroeffentlichte Briefwechsel mit F. Fuerst 
Schwarzenberg aus den Jahren 1848 und 1849, 1981; A. Ableitinger, 
Erzherzog Johann und die Revolutionen von 1848/49, in: G. Klingenstein 
and P. Cordes (eds.), Erzherzog Johann von Oesterreich, Beitraege zur 
Geschichte seiner Zeit, 1982.


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