Death of Emperor Francis Stephen (Maria Theresia s03e01)

[@nativedeenfan]

My my. You can hear Joseph's voice breaking in emotion as he realises his father is dying in his arms. Despite all their differences, he still loved him dearly.

[@boo_tao5375]

Nooo I knew it was coming soon but still😢 Francis was a good consort and husband to Maria, stood by her side during her early troubles, and did his duty faithfully 🤧 A great emperor and man

[@jstrahan2]

He was a serial adulterer. How does that make him "a good consort and husband to Maria"?

[@kawayo9]

He lived longer in the series than real life but I will miss him😟 his actor is so handsome.

[@zehraveotesi8247]

Even though she acted for the good of her state as an empress, I think Maria Theresea was too harsh on Joseph about his remarriage, especially so soon after Isabella's death. Now Maria Theresea can understand how her son felt. Because just like her son, she lost the love of her life...

[@calliefinck6275]

And none of her daughters found happiness in their marriages

[@Lily1127channel]

Yes but Maria Theresa also lost her life companion with whom she spent 28 years together. That must have been a much deeper attachment than a couple of years long marriage, and to live without her spouse must have been much harder, given that she spent all her adult life married to him up until that point. If she had lost him in the first few years of their marriage, after "only" having daughters and no male heirs (like Joseph), she would have certainly remarried, much as she loved him, for the sake of her empire and to secure the dynasty with heirs. Just like she expected Joseph to do.

[@MarinaKaFai]

Poor Francis :( And Joseph, to receive his father's last breath!

[@sebastianazocar2368]

Franz Stephen death was the last dagger that hit on Maria Theresa’s heart, emperor Francis I died on August the eighteenth 1765 age 57 because of a apoplexy.

[@achaudhari101]

I am more baffled they crammed everything into one episode.

[@Lily1127channel]

It is a 120 mimutes long episode, basically a movie length

[@sebastianazocar2368]

“The Emperor is dead” Now Joseph is officially Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.

[@calliefinck6275]

And yet he didn’t fully make a decision because his mother wouldn’t step down until she died

[@Lily1127channel]

@@calliefinck6275 That is not because of her. The Holy Roman Emperor title was basically an empty official title with no effective power by that time. The emperors before Maria Theresa had power only because they had other titles as well, like Archduke of Austria, king of Hungary, King of Bohemia, etc., and not because they were Holy Roman Emperors. MT had power because of those other titles that she herself had. Francis was emperor, but only that, so he didn't have power. After Francis's death, Joseph inherited that title, with also no power basically. MT didn't die yet, so it was she who had all the other titles and the power. Of course she would not step down, why would she, usually monarchs didn't step down till the day they died. Joseph had power after her death, after he was no longer only emperor but the owner of those other titles as well.

[@sebastianazocar2368]

@@calliefinck6275 you mean, Maria Theresa and Joseph political argues continued after Franz’s death so Joseph couldn’t freely make his own decisions.

[@seliamila1005]

He won't become truly emperor before she died, she is the ruler, you see she sits on the throne while Francis is besides her

[@Lily1127channel]

He WAS emperor after Francis's death, but being emperor was an empty title back then, it meant no power. A Habsburg ruler had power because of all the other titles he/she had: Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, etc. These titles were Maria Theresa's always, as long as she lived, not Francis's, not Joseph's. So Joseph did not have power during her life, only after her life. It was natural like this. Just as Maria Theresa didn't have power during her own father's lifetime. So of course Joseph did not wield much power as long as she lived and he could not make own decisions. Why would he

[@sebastianazocar2368]

After his death, Maria Theresa, now widow, she strictly mourned her husband for the rest of her life, even her chambers were full of grief, she cut herself her long blonde hair and she retired from the public life.

[@achaudhari101]

She even refused to wear any jewelry after that.

[@rudrapatra1804]

i saw their tomb at capuchin krypt its a testament of their love god bless the emperor and empress

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

RIP to the co-founder of the current branch of Habsburgs 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rudrapatra1804]

His role is very underestimated he is the reason why Hapsburg empire survived after losing the war

[@nataliehale96]

This was so sad ... 😢

[@sweethistortea]

I was wondering when this would happen, since the show kept him alive way longer then he actually was. The way the show portrays it tho is…anticlimactic?

[@Lily1127channel]

Yes... Especially Maria Theresa's reaction was so anticlimactic

[@furgerechtigkeit6207]

​@@Lily1127channel How did she react in real life?

[@sweethistortea]

@@furgerechtigkeit6207 Similar to how Queen Victoria reacted to Albert.

[@blinkvip6371]

The weeding leopold and Maria Luisa of Spain held in Innsbruck has delays due to death of Francis Stephen in Innsburck

[@rudrapatra1804]

Long live Kaiser Francis I

[@aether3697]

I'm not sure if Theresa is the type to just stand there while her husband dies

[@rudrapatra1804]

In reality she must have ran towards him and holded him

[@NM-ub6ml]

Not necessarily... behaviour was different in courts

[@rudrapatra1804]

@@NM-ub6mlsad they couldn’t express freely

[@lublondon]

Wo kann man die Serie sehen oder kaufen ?

[@annavanpelt827]

Maria theresia...a great empress !

[@christopherhall3894]

Was Maria Theresa in Innsbruck when this happened? I read she was in Vienna. Leopold was married in Innsbruck on August 5, 1765 and Francis died there on August 18. Also, I do not recall ever reading anything about Joseph being unhappy that Leopold became Grand Duke of Fuscany. Maybe I missed something.

[@someonelikej]

Where do you watch season 3

[@blinkvip6371]

All weeding guest saw death of Emperor Francis Stephen

[@tubekulose]

0:45 Was heißt hier "Kaiserliche Hoheit"? So spricht man die Verwandten des Kaisers an. Im Fall des Kaisers heißt es "Majestät"! Warum wird in Filmen/Dokus andauernd dieser Fehler begangen?

[@calliefinck6275]

When is the next vote

[@נעםמרקוביץ]

Will we see Francis funeral or go straight to Leopold wedding?

[@chrisbern56]

in fact, Leopold was married 1765 at August 5th at Innsbruck and emperor Franz died at August 18th walking through some rooms in the castle to his bedchamber. But Joseph was indeed with him and held the dying father in his arms.

[@florianfidler7628]

Oh nein/ Oh No 😢

[@elenakuleshova2417]

Lili1127, thanks a lot for the content! Is Francis Stephen's death the end of the series?

[@Lily1127channel]

No, not the end

[@calliefinck6275]

How did he die

[@Lily1127channel]

In apoplexy

[@calliefinck6275]

Where did he die in real life?

[@Lily1127channel]

In real lufe it was Innsbruck as well

[@RoseRedd-k4b]

What did he die from? And as for dividing up the empire, just wait until after WWI buddy.

[@SamPetunia]

What an apathy.

[@christopherhall3894]

Sorry, Tuscany.

[@GabrielaGARAYREYES]

😮🎉❤

[@Biketunerfy]

This is Italian royalty, no ?

[@rudrapatra1804]

this is hapsburg emperor francis stephan dying here he was consort of empress maria theresa , he died in innsbruck

[@Biketunerfy]

@@rudrapatra1804 Austrian then.

[@rudrapatra1804]

@@Biketunerfy yes

[@Biketunerfy]

@@rudrapatra1804 I wasn’t sure so that’s why I asked but then I clicked and the penny dropped and I remembered. Being British I know all our European royalty are connected and related but sometimes I can get mixed up since there’s over a thousand years or intermarriages and children to remember so naturally it can get confusing lol. Thanks for correcting me.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Hapsburg, so at the time they controlled norther Italy. Francis before he was HRE Emperor was Grand Duke of Tuscany. The Hapsburgs controlled Tuscany, Lombardy and Venetia until 1859.