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de ndence for Hun ry. They demanded national li ration, but during the short time they were in contro they pr eed to oppr violently the other nationality oups within their lands, es cially in Croatia and Transylvania In Italy the revolutionaries threw the Austrians out of Milan In Prague General Windi h atz's wife was k led in one of the wild demonstration In Austria, Mette ich was forced to resi
hind the enes was a remarkable woman, phie of Bavari wife of Franz Kar who was Em ror Ferdinand's brother. phie had always r nted the fact that her husband could not on the throne simply be­ cause he was younger, while a feeble-minded em ror played at ru n.g Since Ferdinand had no children, phie's oldest n Franz J f was next in line for the throne. she energetically prepared him for the day when he would rule, even calling u n Mette ich-whom she couldn't stand-to act as his tutor in litical matter With the revolution, phie w her chance to hasten the y when Franz J f could rule. She per­ suaded Ferdinand that he should a icate as n Franz J f tu ed 18 and therefore came eligible to rule-but that would not until De­ cem r 18 . the meantime, phie held thin together, rsuading Ferdinand to make a rts of li ral promi s to quiet the li ral while ca g u n generals Windi h atz and Radetzky to restore order thr ghout the Empire. Windi h atz succ fully su ued the re ls in Vienna and Prague, though he was le succe ful Hungary.
Decem r 2 Franz J f at last a umed the throne. He would rule for year An intelligent, hard-working man, Franz J f was totally dedicated to his ple, re rding his high office as a G - ven trust He knew that the forces of li ralism and nationalism would deadly for his ople and there re he op d the forces with all of his strength. He sits ed on the ceremonials of his office and is therefore often accu d of ing distant and aut ratic. But the ceremonials we to him the sym l of his G - ven authority; he wanted the people to r lize how im rtant to them the office of emperor wa For years he held the Empire to­ gether. He made mistakes, as any man would over such a long span of time. But he was not motivated by lfishn or a hunger for wer or the des e to conquer other nation He longed only to pr rve his Ha rg heritage as Max and Charles V and Ferdinand and Maria Ter fore him had pre rved it It was not his fault, though it was his undoing, that the nations around him, alm t without exception, were wer-hun and contemptuous of moral principle.
Once established on the throne, Franz J f had the remaining v