 In 1804, Emperor Francis II of Habsburg who was also ruler of the lands of the Habsburg Monarchy promoted his territories within the Holy Roman Empire together with his Kingdom of Hungary to the Austrian Empire in reaction to Napoleon I's proclamation of the French Empire; two years later Francis formally dissolved the Holy Roman Empire.The Archduchy of Austria continued to exist as a constituent crown land ("Kronland") within the empire, although it was divided into Upper and Lower Austria for some purposes.Hungary preserved its earlier status as "Regnum Independens".