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Francis IV Joseph Charles Ambrose Stanislaus (Italian: Francesco IV Giuseppe Carlo Ambrogio Stanislao d'Absburgo-Este; 6 October, 1779 - 21 January, 1846) was Duke of Modena, Reggio
Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, and Mirandola
Mirandola

Mirandola is a city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 km northeast of the Modena by railway. As of 2007, the city has a population of 23,512....
 (from 1815), Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara
Carrara

Carrara is a city in the province of Massa-Carrara , famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione river, some 100 km west-northwest of Florence....
 (from 1829), Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary
Hungary

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 and Bohemia
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, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.






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Francis IV Joseph Charles Ambrose Stanislaus (Italian: Francesco IV Giuseppe Carlo Ambrogio Stanislao d'Absburgo-Este; 6 October, 1779 - 21 January, 1846) was Duke of Modena, Reggio
Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, and Mirandola
Mirandola

Mirandola is a city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 km northeast of the Modena by railway. As of 2007, the city has a population of 23,512....
 (from 1815), Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara
Carrara

Carrara is a city in the province of Massa-Carrara , famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione river, some 100 km west-northwest of Florence....
 (from 1829), Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
 and Bohemia
Bohemia

History...
, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He was a grandson of Maria Theresa of Austria
Maria Theresa of Austria

Maria Theresa was the List of rulers of Austria, List of rulers of Hungary, List of rulers of Croatia, Queen of Bohemia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and a Holy Roman Emperor by marriage to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor....
, head of the House of Habsburg, and was heir to the Modena branch of the House of Este through his mother. He thus became the first member of the House of Habsburg-Este to rule the Este inheritance in Northern Italy.

Francis was born in Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
. His father was Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton Joseph Johann Stanislaus of Austria-Este , was a son of Maria Theresa of Austria. He was the founder of the House of Austria-Este and Governor of the Duchy of Milan between 1765 and 1796....
, Duke of Breisgau
Breisgau

Breisgau is the name of an Gau in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg im Breisgau in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg....
, his mother Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este
Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este

Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d?Este was heiress of Duchy of Modena and Reggio and Duchess of Massa and Carrara from 1790 until 1797 and from 1816 until her death in 1829....
, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara, Lady of Lunigiana
Lunigiana

Lunigiana is an historical territory of Italy, which today falls within the provinces of La Spezia and Massa Carrara. Its borders derive from the ancient Roman settlement, later the medieval diocese of Luni, which no longer exists....
.

Francis is distinguished for his bloody and tyrannic rule by which he repressed all the democratic movements appearing during his reign. The atrocities of the Ducal policies are illustrated in the book Ciro Menotti
Ciro Menotti

Ciro Menotti was an Italy patriot....
 e i suoi compagni written by the Garibaldine
Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italians military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and had to flee Italy after a failed insurrection....
 officer Taddeo Gaddi
Taddeo Gaddi

Taddeo Gaddi was a mediaeval Italy Painting and architect. As a painter, he created altar-pieces and murals and is primarily noted as a pupil and follower of Giotto....
 in 1880, in particular the hanging of Menotti for an attempted insurrection against the Duke (1831).

Family

In 1812 Francis married the Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy
Maria Beatrice of Savoy

Maria Beatrice Victoria Josephine of Savoy was the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este ....
, who was the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia

File:Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia.jpgVictor Emmanuel I was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont , and Aosta, and King of Sardinia from 1802 to 1821....
 and his sister Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este. The couple had four children:

  • Maria Theresa (1817-1886), married Henri, comte de Chambord
    Henri, comte de Chambord

    Henri V of France and Navarre , best known by his title comte de Chambord was Bordeaux and Ch?teau de Chambord, was disputedly List of French monarchs and List of Navarrese monarchs from 2 August to 9, 1830 and afterwards the Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883....
    .
  • Francis V, Duke of Modena
    Francis V, Duke of Modena

    Francis V of Modena , was Duke of Modena from 1846 to 1875. He was the eldest son of Francis IV of Modena and of Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy....
     (1819-1875), married Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
    Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria

    Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.She was born in W?rzburg....
    .
  • Ferdinand Karl
    Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este

    Ferdinand Karl Viktor , was Archduke of Austria-Este and Duke of Duchy of Modena.Born in Modena, he was the second son of Francis IV of Modena and his wife Maria Beatrice of Savoy....
     (1821-1849), married Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
    Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

    Elisabeth Franziska Maria, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia .Elisabeth of Austria was born in Ofen , Hungary, the daughter of Palatine Joseph of Hungary and his third wife Duchess Maria Dorothea von W?rttemberg ....
    . Father of Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria-Este.
  • Maria Beatrix (1824-1906), married Juan, Count of Montizón
    Juan, Count of Montizón

    Don Juan Carlos Maria Isidro de Borb?n, Count of Montiz?n was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain from 1860 to 1868, and the Legitimist claimant to the throne of France from 1883 to 1887....
    .


Ancestry



See also

  • List of Dukes of Modena
  • House of Este
  • Modena
    Modena

    Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Padan Plain, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and...