After his death his grand nephew Karl succeeded him because his son Rudolf had committed suicide, his younger brother Maximilian had been killed in Mexico, and his heir apparent, Franz Ferdinand had been assassinated in Sarejevo.
Among his foreign policy defeats were the betrayal of Russia during the Crimean War and the loss of Venetia, his country's last hold in Italy. After his death his grand nephew Karl succeeded him because his son Rudolf had committed suicide, his younger brother Maximilian had been killed in Mexico, and his heir apparent, Franz Ferdinand had been assassinated in Sarejevo. FTP, name this Hapsburg who assumed the throne in 1848 and died in 1916 after leading Austria into WWI.
Among his foreign policy defeats were the betrayal of Russia during the Crimean War and the loss of Venetia, his country's last hold in Italy.
{Franz Josef} I or {Francis Josef} I.