fragments and portraits generated with AI come from the book “100 Masons Who Changed the World“
The power of the Habsburgs is not, like the case of another dynasties, attached to a peculiar country or countries – due to the fact that the mission, associated with the surname of the family, does not cease with the failure of the country and does not exhaust with the possession of 1 crown, but is subject to its own law.
Emil Franzel, “Habsburg”
Emperor Francis I Lorraine, besides called Francis I Habsburg, was the ruler of Austria and the king of Germany from 1745 to 1765. He was 1 of the most crucial rulers in the past of Habsburg, who ruled in Europe for over 400 years. Its main contribution to the past of the planet was to importantly strengthen the position of this home in Europe and to introduce political and economical reforms that contributed to the improvement and modernisation of the state. Francis I was besides a crucial patron of art and culture, which affected the boom of Baroque in Austria. In his palaces and residences he gathered many valuable works of art, including paintings, sculptures and manuscripts. In his political and cultural activities Francis I laid a solid foundation for the further improvement and expansion of the Habsburg Empire.
