Editing Franz Joseph I of Austria

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|birth = 18 August 1830<br>{{Wiki|Schönbrunn Palace}}, [[Vienna]], [[Austrian Empire]]
|death = 21 November 1916 {{c|aged 86}}<br>Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, {{Wiki|Austria-Hungary}}
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|affiliates = {{Wiki|House of Habsburg}}<br>[[Austrian Empire]]
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'''Franz Joseph I''' or '''Francis Joseph I''' (1830 – 1916) was the [[Austrian Empire|Austrian Emperor]], King of [[Hungary]], and the other states of the {{Wiki|Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire}} from 2 December 1848 until his death.

A member of the {{Wiki|House of Habsburg}} which had a ruled a vast number lands in [[Europe|Central Europe]], Franz Joseph succeeded his uncle {{Wiki|Ferdinand I of Austria|Ferdinand}} as Emperor in 1848, inheriting the throne at the time when Europe was plagued by a number of {{Wiki|Revolutions of 1848|revolutions}} including various within the Austrian Empire.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Franz Joseph I of Austria}}</ref>

==Biography==
In 1853, in [[Vienna]], Franz Joseph was walking on his usual route, alongside his [[soldier]]s and his military aide, {{Wiki|Maximilian Karl Lamoral O'Donnell}}. However, he became the subject of an assassination [[Assassination attempt on Franz Joseph I of Austria|attempt]] by Hungarian tailor [[János Libényi]], who managed to stab the emperor in the neck with a kitchen knife.<ref name="Chapter 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy]]'' – Chapter 7</ref> With the intervention of his aide, Franz Joseph survived the attempt as the Viennese butcher [[Joseph Ettenreich]] and another associate, "[[Simeon Price|Jack Straw]]," restrained Libényi before any more damage could be done.<ref name="Chapter 8">''Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy'' – Chapter 8</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy]]''

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