Francis II
noun
1.
(def 2).
noun
1.
1544–60, king of France (1559–60); son of Henry II and Catherine de’ Medici; first husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
2.
1768–1835, last Holy Roman Emperor (1792–1806) and, as Francis I, first emperor of Austria (1804–35). The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved (1806) following his defeat by Napoleon at Austerlitz
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