>Joseph II is buried in tomb number 42 in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. He asked that his epitaph read: "Here lies Joseph II, who failed in all he undertook."
Was he, dare I say it, our guy?
I always felt out of all the historical figures he seemed the most relatable. My guy anyway.
My guy too.
Probably could of been good friends.
>>2131761
He is, in all honestly, my favourite monarch. The failure of his policies was a tragedy for the Habsburg lands.
>>2131761
He was a what what what?
>>2133192
Here we go again.
>>2131761
>too many notes
>>2131761
I think he was a pretty cool guy by Habsburg standards, even though he was trying to fuck over my country (Hungary)
>>2133215
Your nation fucked over all other nations.
t. Croat
>Holy
>Roman
>Emperor
>>2133215
>Only I CAN BE INDEPENDENT! FAKE NATIONS! FAKE NATIONS! FAKE NATIONS!
t. Magyar cigany.
>>2133155
The guy's entire life is kind of a cruel joke in all honesty.
>married to qt princess who he loves, in turn she's actually in love with his sister who's a giant cunt
>have children, three don't survive childbirth
>wife dies, remarry to someone you don't love, she dies, filled with regret over not having shown her more kindness
>lone surviving child dies
>try to implement reforms that are either ahead of their time or too much, too fast all done out of a genuine desire for the wellbeing of the people
>everyone, from the nobility to the peasants, grows resentful
>die
>everything gets instantly reversed
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>>2133392
After both his wives died, he apparently gave up on the concept of love and used his gardeners daughter for sex and apparently once dashed out of a brothel when they discovered who he was.