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Francis II

noun
1.
The last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835).  Synonym: Emperor Francis II.






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"Francis II" Quotes from Famous Books



... feel entirely safe upon her throne. She had a rival and a very dangerous one. Mary, of the house of Stuart, daughter of a French duchess and a Scottish father, widow of king Francis II of France and daughter-in-law of Catherine of Medici (who had organised the murders of Saint Bartholomew's night), was the mother of a little boy who was afterwards to become the first Stuart king of England. She was an ardent ...
— The Story of Mankind • Hendrik van Loon

... scarcely worth while to carry the subject further. What is done later than Francis II. does not grow finer or better: it only becomes more overloaded with ornament, too much gold, too much richness. Even foliages are often variegated like pearls, or change gradually from colour to colour on the same sweep of acanthus as in a MS. in the British Museum attributed ...
— Illuminated Manuscripts • John W. Bradley



Words linked to "Francis II" :   Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Francis II



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