21 Nov. 1916, death of Austro-Hungarian Kaiser Franz Joseph
He lived a simple life of iron discipline to the end. Last words: "I haven't been able to finish my work, please wake me up tomorrow morning at half past three, as usual"
Memorial for Emperor Franz Joseph (d. 21 Nov. 1916) at the University of #Vienna, 2 Dec. 1916. The 36-page booklet published by Adolf Holzhausen in 1917 comprises the speeches by Rector & Classical archaeologist Emil Reisch and Dean & medieval historian Alfons Dopsch
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November 21, 1916: death of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph
or as we should call him:
Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, King of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia & Lodomeria and Illyria; King of Jerusalem etc., Archduke of Austria ....
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Franz Joseph died 21 Nov. 1916
How my ancestors spent their time. Instead of prepping for the SAT
"It was part of the canon of school education that one learned the Emperor’s titles by heart"--and that was just the "Grand Title"--not the whole 3 pages
https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/emperor-classroom
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How did you do? Did you memorize the titles of Emperor Franz Joseph?
e.g.King of Jerusalem?
That's a strange one dating specifically to 1520 but of course ultimately to the Crusades and reflecting "Opaque inheritance and marriage policies"
https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/emperor-classroom
#habsburg
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Among the titles of Emperor Franz Joseph was
-Duke of #Auschwitz
Isaac Deutscher's father once told him you will go no further than Auschwitz--i.e. live a provincial existence. The son became a leading leftist journalist-historian-professor. The father died in the Holocaust
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