Archduke Joseph
Archduke of Austria
Died when: 70 years 310 days (850 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Archduke Joseph Anton Johann of Austria (German: Erzherzog Joseph Anton Johann Baptist von Österreich, Hungarian: Habsburg József Antal János Baptista foherceg, József nádor, 9 March 1776 – 13 January 1847) was the 103rd and penultimate palatine of Hungary who served for more than 50 years from 1796 to 1847, after he had been appointed governor in 1795.
The latter half of his service coincided with the Hungarian Reform Era, and he mediated between Francis I, King of Hungary and the Hungarian nobility, representing the country's interests in Vienna.
He played a prominent role in the development of Pest as a cultural and economic centre, and the neoclassical buildings constructed on his initiative define the modern appearance of the city.
The landscaping of the City Park of Budapest and Margaret Island also happened under his supervision.In the wider country, he supported public education, technical higher education, the arts, the construction of railroads, and the work of various progressive-thinking societies and associations.
He made great donations towards the establishment of the Hungarian National Museum, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the National Széchényi Library.
He was an archduke of Austria and a prince of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany as the son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Hungarian or Palatinal branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine descends from him.
In the Imperial Army, and later in the Austro-Hungarian Army, he bore the rank of Feldmarschall.
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