United States France Russia Germany Spain Italy Austria-Hungary United Kingdom Turkey in Furope Roumania Belgium Algeria Canada Australasia Egypt Diagram of the Average Annual Production of Wheat in the Principal Wheat-Producing Countries of the World. (SCALE IN MILLIONS OF HECTOLITRES.) () $ 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 3 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. (OESTERREICH-UNGARISCHE MONARCHIE.) Reigning Emperor and King. Franz Josef I., Emperor of Austria, and King of Hungary, born August 18, 1830, the son of Archduke Franz Karl, second son of the late Emperor Franz I. of Austria, and of Archduchess Sophie, Princess of Bavaria. Proclaimed Emperor of Austria after the abdication of his uncle, Ferdinand I., and the renunciation of the crown by his father, December 2, 1848; crowned King of Hungary, and took the oath on the Hungarian Constitution, June 8, 1867. Married April 24, 1854, to Empress Elisabeth, born December 24, 1837, the daughter of Duke Maximilian in Bavaria. Children of the Emperor. I. Archduchess Gisela, born July 12, 1856; married April 20, 1873, to Prince Leopold, second son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, born February 9, 1846 (see page 130). II. Archduke Rudolf, heir-apparent, general in the service of Austria, born August 21, 1858; married May 10, 1881, to Princess Stéphanie, second daughter of King Leopold II., of Belgium, born May 21, 1864. III. Archduchess Maria Valeria, born April 22, 1868. Brothers of the Emperor. I. Archduke Karl Ludwig, field-marshal-lieutenant in the Imperial army, born July 30, 1833; married, in first nuptials, November 4, 1856, to Princess Margaret, born May 24, 1840, daughter of the late King Johann of Saxony; widower, September 15, 1858; married, in second nuptials, October 21, 1862, to Princess Annunciata, born March 24, 1843, daughter of the late King Ferdinando II. of Naples; widower, May 4, 1871; married, in third nuptials, July 23, 1873, to Princess Maria, born August 24, 1855, daughter of the late Prince Miguel of Braganza, Regent of Portugal. Offspring of the second and third unions are six children:-1. Franz, born December 18, 1863. 2. Otto, born April 21, 1865. 3. Ferdinand, born December 27, 1868. 4. Margaret, born May 13, 1870. 5. Marie, born July 31, 1876. 6. Elizabeth, born July 7, 1878. II. Archduke Ludwig, major-general in the Imperial army, born May 15, 1842. |