The Off Topic Topic

[Valmy]

I prefer to think that D G stands for Dolce & Gabana.

Francis Iosef I Dolce & Gabana Imperator Austriae

[Syt]

(and yes, I know it means dei gratia )

[Valmy]

I know you do

I was just trying it out

[Barrister]

I prefer to think that D G stands for Dolce & Gabana.

Francis Iosef I Dolce & Gabana Imperator Austriae

Trying to figure this coin out.  So Franz Josef I, by grace of God, Emperor of Austria King of Bohemia, Galicia?, Illyria? etc. and (AP? - stumps me) King of Hungary

[Eddie Teach]

Dear God!

[Valmy]

Apostolic. It was the Crown of St. Stephen as I think he was named a later day Apostle by the Pope when he converted (he being King Stephen of Hungary in 1000 AD)...something like that.

And yes you got the rest right.

[Sheilbh]

I love the "etc"

[Valmy]

I love the "etc"

The full title was a little ridiculous.

[Syt]

I love the "etc"

The full title was a little ridiculous.

From Wiki:

His official grand title after the Ausgleich of 1867 was: "Francis Joseph the First, by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, King of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia and Lodomeria and Illyria; King of Jerusalem etc., Archduke of Austria; Grand Duke of Tuscany and Cracow, Duke of Lorraine, of Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and of Bukovina; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Margrave of Moravia; Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, of Oświęcim, Zator and Ćeszyn, Friuli, Ragusa and Zara; Princely Count of Habsburg and Tyrol, of Kyburg, Gorizia and Gradisca; Prince of Trent and Brixen; Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria; Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, etc.; Lord of Trieste, of Cattaro, and over the Windic march; Grand Voivode of the Voivodship of Serbia."

[The Brain]

Is there a duke of Oświęcim today?

[PDH]

Frederick III's motto was better - forget titles, A.E.I.O.U. is way cooler.

[Valmy]

I love the "etc"

The full title was a little ridiculous.

From Wiki:

His official grand title after the Ausgleich of 1867 was: "Francis Joseph the First, by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, King of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia and Lodomeria and Illyria; King of Jerusalem etc., Archduke of Austria; Grand Duke of Tuscany and Cracow, Duke of Lorraine, of Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and of Bukovina; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Margrave of Moravia; Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, of Oświęcim, Zator and Ćeszyn, Friuli, Ragusa and Zara; Princely Count of Habsburg and Tyrol, of Kyburg, Gorizia and Gradisca; Prince of Trent and Brixen; Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria; Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, etc.; Lord of Trieste, of Cattaro, and over the Windic march; Grand Voivode of the Voivodship of Serbia."

I like how even when trying to list them all out they still have to put "etc" in there.

[Sheilbh]

I like how even when trying to list them all out they still have to put "etc" in there.

I loved that too. I also like that it's after the Kingdom of Jerusalem which is definitely not a title they really ever had, so I wonder if it was a sort of "Jerusalem and other mythical Christian Kingdoms" catch all

[Barrister]

I like how even when trying to list them all out they still have to put "etc" in there.

I loved that too. I also like that it's after the Kingdom of Jerusalem which is definitely not a title they really ever had, so I wonder if it was a sort of "Jerusalem and other mythical Christian Kingdoms" catch all

Apparently it was claimed by Leopold of Lorraine in order to have a Royal title, and passed down from there.

(or so says wiki)

[Valmy]

They did get the title King of Jerusalem somehow, obviously long after meant anything.