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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II
(
German
:
Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard
;
Italian
:
Pietro Leopoldo Giuseppe Antonio Gioacchino Pio Gottardo
;
English
:
Peter Leopold Joseph Anthony Joachim Pius Godehard
; 5 May 1747 1 March 1792), was
Holy Roman Emperor
and
King of Hungary
and
Bohemia
from 1790 to 1792,
Archduke of Austria
and
Grand Duke of Tuscany
from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor
Francis I
and his wife, Empress
Maria Theresa
, thus the brother of
Marie Antoinette
. Leopold was a moderate proponent of
enlightened absolutism
.
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