# Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

> He tried to drag the Habsburg Empire into the Enlightenment by force — abolishing serfdom, cutting the Church's power, rewriting law codes — and watched his own subjects revolt against the speed of it. His brother was Marie Antoinette.

*Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joseph-ii-holy-roman-emperor

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Austria
- **Born:** 1741-03-13
- **Died:** 1790-02-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born 13 March 1741, Joseph was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, making him the first Habsburg-Lorraine ruler when he became Holy Roman Emperor on 18 August 1765. He shared power with his mother until her death on 29 November 1780, then ruled alone and pushed harder: secularizing, liberalizing, modernizing at a pace that sparked widespread opposition and left most reforms unfinished. His foreign policy isolated Austria despite some territorial gains. He supported Mozart and Salieri, earned comparison to Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great as an Enlightenment monarch, and left behind the term "Josephinism" for his program. He died 20 February 1790 with no legitimate heirs; his younger brother Leopold II took the throne.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 27.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #62
- **Category rank:** #165

## Topics
#Politicians, #Historical Figure, #Royalty, #Politics, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76555)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Joseph%20II%2C%20Holy%20Roman%20Emperor)
- [Xosé II del Sacru Imperiu Romanu Xermánicu](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xos%C3%A9_II_del_Sacru_Imperiu_Romanu_Xerm%C3%A1nicu)
- [ایکینجی یوزف (ایمپیراتور)](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1))
- [II İosif](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_%C4%B0osif)
- [Иосиф II](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84_II)
- [Ёзэф II (імпэратар Сьвятой Рымскай імпэрыі)](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%81%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%84_II_(%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%96))
- [Іосіф II Габсбург](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D1%84_II_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3)
- [Йозеф II](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_II)
- [Joseph II an Impalaeriezh Santel](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II_an_Impalaeriezh_Santel)
- [Josip II, car Svetog Rimskog Carstva](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_II%2C_car_Svetog_Rimskog_Carstva)
- [Josep II del Sacre Imperi Romanogermànic](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_II_del_Sacre_Imperi_Romanogerm%C3%A0nic)
- [Josef II.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_II.)
- [Joseff II, Ymerawdwr Glân Rhufeinig](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseff_II%2C_Ymerawdwr_Gl%C3%A2n_Rhufeinig)
- [Josef 2. (Tysk-romerske rige)](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_2._(Tysk-romerske_rige))
- [Joseph II.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II.)
- [Ιωσήφ Β΄ της Αγίας Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AE%CF%86_%CE%92%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%A1%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%91%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor)
- [Jozefo la 2-a (Sankta Romia Imperio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozefo_la_2-a_(Sankta_Romia_Imperio))
- [José II del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_II_del_Sacro_Imperio_Romano_Germ%C3%A1nico)
- [Joseph II](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II)
- [Josef II.a Germaniako Erromatar Inperio Santukoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_II.a_Germaniako_Erromatar_Inperio_Santukoa)
- [یوزف دوم، امپراتور مقدس روم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Joosef II](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joosef_II)
- [Joseph II (empereur du Saint-Empire)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II_(empereur_du_Saint-Empire))
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Josef_II.)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_II._von_%C3%96sterreich)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_II_Habsburg)
- [Wikiquote](https://sk.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jozef_II.)

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