Nevertheless, he did ally himself successfully with Catherine the Great and abolish serfdom in his country.
His second marriage, to a Bavarian princess, ended with her death due to smallpox as had his first marriage, to Isabella of Parma. During his reign he greatly embittered Pius VI by doing away with more than 700 monasteries and he could not count on the Church when the Princes' League was formed against him. Nevertheless, he did ally himself successfully with Catherine the Great and abolish serfdom in his country. FTP, name this Holy Roman Emperor, who had an uneasy relationship with his northern neighbor Frederick the Great just as his mother, Maria Theresa, had had.
His second marriage, to a Bavarian princess, ended with her death due to smallpox as had his first marriage, to Isabella of Parma.
{Joseph II}