Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

(1741-1790)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790 LBT ID: Joseph2 VIAF ID: 39386414 LOC ID: n50038057	B/BAP: 1741-03-13 DIED: 1790-02-20
SOURCES: Wikipedia; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of Francis I. and Empress Maria Theresa, he succeeded his father in 1765 and pursued reform as an enlightened despot.
REFERENCES TO Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor: William Godwin, Unpublished letter to The Morning Chronicle [3 March 1794] in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 3 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. V. 1783-1794