"Francis II" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the old empire perished in the Thirty Years' War. After that date the title continued in existence, being held by the Hapsburgs of Austria as an hereditary dignity, but the empire had vanished except as a tradition or superstition. Finally, on the 6th of August, 1806, Francis II., at the absolute dictum of Napoleon, laid down the title of "Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation," and the long defunct empire was ...
— Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality, German • Charles Morris |
