Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria

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Archduke Josef Franz
Archduke Josef Franz, c. 1930
Born	Josef Franz Leopold Anton Ignatius Maria (1895-03-28)28 March 1895 Brünn, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died	25 September 1957(1957-09-25) (aged 62) Carcavelos, Portuguese Riviera
Burial	Palatinal Crypt, Budapest
Spouse	Princess Anna of Saxony ​ ​ (m. 1924)​
Issue	Archduchess Margaret, Princess of Monteleone Archduchess Ilona Archduchess Anna-Theresia Archduke Joseph Árpád Archduke István Dominik Archduchess Maria Kynga Archduke Géza Archduke Michael
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Joseph August, Palatine of Hungary
Mother	Princess Auguste of Bavaria

Josef Franz, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary (Josef Franz Leopold Anton Ignatius Maria; 28 March 1895 – 25 September 1957), was the eldest son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria and Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria. As his father was the last Palatine of Hungary and was briefly considered a possible King of Hungary in 1919–1920, Josef Franz was a potential crown prince of Hungary.

He was born during the reign of his maternal great-grandfather Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria.

He wrote the libretto to Eugene Zador's 1939 opera Christopher Columbus.^[1]