“ It is said that when he was advised not to go into a place of danger he replied that those who were afraid might retire. He succeeded his father as emperor in 1705, and it was his good fortune to govern the Austrian dominions, and to be head of the Empire during the years in which his trusted general Prince Eugène, either acting alone in Italy or with the duke of Marlborough in Germany and Flanders, was beating the armies of Louis XIV. During the whole of his reign Hungary was disturbed by the conflict with Francis Ráckóczy II., who eventually took refuge in France. ”

“ See F. Krones von Marchland, Grundriss der Oesterreichischen Geschichte (1882) ; F. Wagner, Historia Josephi Caesaris (1746) ; J. C. Herchenhahn, Geschichte der Regierung Kaiser Josephs I. (1786–1789) ; C. van Noorden, Europäische Geschichte im 18. Jahrhundert (1870–1882) . ”