"Gotterhalte Franz den Kaiser" (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔt ɛʁˈhaltə ˈfʁants dən ˈkaɪzɐ]; transl. "God save Francis the Emperor") was a personal anthem
dissolution of the HolyRomanEmpire in 1806, "Gotterhalte Franz den Kaiser" became the official anthem of the emperor of the Austrian Empire. After the death
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between
they constituted an autonomous state, officially called the "Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of St Stephen" (Hungarian: Szent István Koronájának Országai
constitutionally defined separate political nation within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was created in 1868 by merging the kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia