Austria Franc I Thaler 1764

Year: 1764

Country: Austria

Denomination: Thaler

Weight: 28.82 grams

Mintage: Unknown

KM#2038

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Francis I (Francis Stephen; 8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765)^[2] was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real powers of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorrainedynasty. From 1728 until 1737 he was Duke of Lorraine. In 1737, Lorraine became managed by France under terms resulting from the War of the Polish Succession. Francis and House Lorraine received the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in the peace treaty that ended that war. After taking the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, the return of the ancestral duchy of Lorraine went nominally to his brotherPrince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (who was however engaged in ruling the Austrian Netherlands), until succession under derivate house alliances resulted in Lorraine's annexation to France in 1766.^{[citation needed]}

Francis was the father of the deposed and later executed Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.