Francis II (12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last
Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the
Holy Roman Empire after the decisive defeat at the hands of the
First French Empire led by
Napoleon at the
Battle of Austerlitz. In 1804, he had founded the
Austrian Empire and became
Francis I (
Franz I.), the first
Emperor of Austria (
Kaiser von Österreich), ruling from 1804 to 1835, so later he was named the one and only
Doppelkaiser (double emperor) in history. For the two years between 1804 and 1806, Francis used the title and style
by the grace of God elected Roman Emperor, ever Augustus, hereditary Emperor of Austria and he was called the
Emperor of both the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. He was also
Apostolic King of Hungary and
Bohemia as Francis I. He also served as the first president of the
German Confederation following its establishment in 1815.