Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire

Their titles over time

Follow the changing territories and offices of Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire. Each title retains its own status.

Governments in 1780

• Holy Roman Empire (Germany)2 titles and offices
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  • Germany · ESKing of the Romans · Effective rule1765–1790
  • Holy Roman Empire · ESEmperor · Effective rule1765–1790
• Austrian Habsburg Monarchy10 titles and offices
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  • Austria · ESArchduke · Effective rule1780–1790
  • Bohemia · ESKing · Effective rule1780–1790
  • Hungary · ESKing · Effective rule1780–1790
  • Croatia · ESKing · Effective rule1780–1790
  • Moravia · ESMargrave · Effective rule · Royal centres of Brno and Olomouc; regional authority over the margraviate, distinct from the full geography of the Bohemian title1780–1790 · Brno and Olomouc are regional urban centres; they are not equated with the monarch’s exclusive ownership of Moravia and do not erase seigneurial or episcopal jurisdictions. Olomouc begins with the privilege of 1378 and is excluded during the documented Swedish and Prussian occupations.
  • Silesia · ESSovereign · Effective rule · Remainder of the Silesian duchies retained by the Habsburg monarchy from 1742; not all Silesia1780–1790 · Teschen/Bielsko and the southern parts of Opava, Krnov and Nysa/Jeseník. Vassal dukes retain their jurisdictions. Border cells approximate the Austrian sectors rather than an exact river boundary.
  • Inner Austria · ESSovereign · Effective rule1780–1790 · Inner hereditary provinces reunited with the Austrian line from 1619; provincial administrations and autonomies are retained. The connection does not arise from the imperial title.
  • Tyrol · ESCount · Effective rule1780–1790 · Territorial succession to Tyrol after reunification in 1665; excludes the bishoprics of Trent and Brixen.
  • Habsburg Transylvania · ESSovereign · Effective rule1780–1790 · Personal tenure inferred from the Austrian hereditary succession and the treaty’s territorial boundary; an administratively separate province.
  • Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria · ESKing · Effective rule1780–1790 · Territorial title retained under the Habsburg monarchy; independent of the imperial office. The acquisition of 1772 is not projected back into earlier reigns.

  Joint direction of the domains effectively governed by this ruler. Excludes the imperial framework, Ottoman Hungary and independent or tributary Transylvanian principalities. Austrian branches under another ruler retain their own grouping. Source for this grouping

• Habsburg Netherlands9 titles and offices
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  • Brabant · ESDuke · Effective rule1780–1790 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Limburg · ESDuke · Effective rule1780–1790 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Luxembourg · ESDuke · Effective rule1780–1790 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Flanders · ESCount · Effective rule1780–1790 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Hainaut · ESCount · Effective rule1780–1790 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Namur · ESCount · Effective rule1780–1790 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Lordship of Mechelen · ESLord · Effective rule1780–1790 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Tournai · ESLord · Effective rule1780–1790 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Guelders · ESDuke · Effective rule1780–1790 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.

  Joint succession of the provinces under the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549. Each title retains its identity, and only the area under control in the selected year is shown. Rebel provinces are not included merely because the sovereign claimed them. Source for this grouping

Annual dates: overlap within one year does not prove that two offices were held on the same day. Regencies and co-rulerships retain their labels.