Archduke John of Austria

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Archduke John
Portrait by Leopold Kupelwieser, 1828
Imperial Regent of the German Empire
In office	12 July 1848 – 20 December 1849
Predecessor	Ferdinand I of Austria (President of the German Confederation)
Successor	Francis Joseph I of Austria (President of the German Confederation)
Born	(1782-01-20)20 January 1782 Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died	11 May 1859(1859-05-11) (aged 77) Graz, Styria, Austrian Empire
Burial	Schenna Castle, Tyrol
Spouse	Anna Maria Josephine Plochl
Issue	Franz, Count of Meran
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Maria Luisa of Spain
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Archduke John of Austria (German: Erzherzog Johann Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian von Österreich, IPA: [ˈɛʁt͡sˌheʁt͡sok ˈjoːhan]; Slovene: Nadvojvoda Janez Habsburško-Lotarinški (or simply Nadvojvoda Janez); 20 January 1782 – 11 May 1859), a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and imperial regent (Reichsverweser) of the short-lived German Empire during the Revolutions of 1848.