Francis V of ModenaModena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Po valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
(1 June 1819 – 20 November 1875) was Duke of Modena from 1846 to 1875. He was the eldest son of Francis IV of Modena and of Princess
Maria Beatrice of SavoyMaria Beatrice Victoria Josephine of Savoy was the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este....
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At the death of his father Francis IV of Modena (January 21, 1846), Francis succeeded as reigning Duke of Modena.
As member of a
cadet branchCadet branch is a term in genealogy to describe the lineage of the descendants of the younger sons of a monarch or patriarch. In the ruling dynasties and noble families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets – titles, realms, fiefs, property and income – have historically...
of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine he also bore the titles of an Archduke of Austria and a Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia; from his father he inherited also the title of
Duke of ReggioThe Duchy of Reggio was one of the states that belonged to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, ruled by the house of Este, in the north of Italy, in a territory now belonging to the Province of Reggio Emilia. The capital was Reggio....
and
MirandolaMirandola is a city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 km northeast of the provincial capital by railway.-History:...
, Duke of
MassaMassa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, some 5 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea....
, Prince of
CarraraCarrara 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....
and
LunigianaLunigiana 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....
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At the death of his cousin the Empress Marie-Louise, December 18, 1847, he succeeded as Duke of Guastalla.
In 1859 the
Duchy of ModenaThe Duchy of Modena was a small Italian state that existed from 1452 to 1859, with a break between 1796 and 1814. The Duchy was originally created for the Este family, who also ruled Ferrara until 1597. In 1796, the Duchy was occupied by the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte, who created the...
was invaded by King Victor Emanuel II of Sardinia who the following year incorporated Modena into the new
kingdom of ItalyItalian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century...
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Francis V of ModenaModena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Po valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
(1 June 1819 – 20 November 1875) was Duke of Modena from 1846 to 1875. He was the eldest son of Francis IV of Modena and of Princess
Maria Beatrice of SavoyMaria Beatrice Victoria Josephine of Savoy was the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este....
.
At the death of his father Francis IV of Modena (January 21, 1846), Francis succeeded as reigning Duke of Modena.
As member of a
cadet branchCadet branch is a term in genealogy to describe the lineage of the descendants of the younger sons of a monarch or patriarch. In the ruling dynasties and noble families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets – titles, realms, fiefs, property and income – have historically...
of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine he also bore the titles of an Archduke of Austria and a Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia; from his father he inherited also the title of
Duke of ReggioThe Duchy of Reggio was one of the states that belonged to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, ruled by the house of Este, in the north of Italy, in a territory now belonging to the Province of Reggio Emilia. The capital was Reggio....
and
MirandolaMirandola is a city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 km northeast of the provincial capital by railway.-History:...
, Duke of
MassaMassa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, some 5 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea....
, Prince of
CarraraCarrara 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....
and
LunigianaLunigiana 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....
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At the death of his cousin the Empress Marie-Louise, December 18, 1847, he succeeded as Duke of Guastalla.
In 1859 the
Duchy of ModenaThe Duchy of Modena was a small Italian state that existed from 1452 to 1859, with a break between 1796 and 1814. The Duchy was originally created for the Este family, who also ruled Ferrara until 1597. In 1796, the Duchy was occupied by the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte, who created the...
was invaded by King Victor Emanuel II of Sardinia who the following year incorporated Modena into the new
kingdom of ItalyItalian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century...
. Francis withdrew to
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
where he lived most of the rest of his life.
On March 30, 1842, Francis married
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. The couple had only one child, Princess Anna Beatrice (October 19, 1848 in Gries, Bolzano – July 8, 1849 in
ModenaModena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Po valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
).
After the death of his mother in 1840, Francis was considered the legitimate heir to the thrones of England and Scotland by
JacobitesJacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
(with the regnal title King Francis I). At his death the position of Jacobite heir passed to his niece (as Mary IV and III), Maria Theresia Henriette Dorothee, who was subsequently
Queen ConsortA queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles...
of
BavariaBavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest state of Germany by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
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Francis died at
ViennaVienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by...
on November 20, 1875. He left most of his huge estate to his cousin
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of AustriaFranz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia...
who subsequently used the title Archduke of
Austria-EsteArchduke of Austria-Este and Habsburg-Este are a title and a surname which have been used by several cadet branches of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to denote a connection with the extinct Italian princely and feudal family of Este and the Duchy of Modena ruled by them...
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