Austria: Franz Joseph I (1830 - 1916), Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 2 December 1848 until his death on 21 November 1916, photographic portrait, c. 1905

Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph I., Hungarian: I. Ferenc Jozsef, Croatian: Franjo Josip I, Czech: Frantisek Josef I, Italian: Francesco Giuseppe; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 2 December 1848 until his death on 21 November 1916.

From 1 May 1850 to 24 August 1866 he was also President of the German Confederation. He was the longest-reigning Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, as well as the third longest-reigning monarch of any country in European history, after Louis XIV of France and Johann II of Liechtenstein.

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