Francis II; Franz; 1768 ? 1835; the last Holy Roman Emperor; ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806; when he dissolved the Holy Roman Empire after the decisive defeat at the hands of the First French Empire led by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz. In 1804; he had founded the Austrian Empire and became Francis I; the first Emperor of Austria; reproduction of a woodcut from the year 1880; digital improved.