Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (Franz Joseph Karl; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and monarch of many other states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, from 2 December 1848 to his death. From 1 May 1850 to 24 August 1866 he was also President of the German Confederation. He was the longest-reigning Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, as well as the third-longest-reigning monarch of any country in European history, after Louis XIV of France and Johann II of Liechtenstein.
Queen Elisabeth Park, Gödöllő
The park was created in November 1898 in honour of Queen Elisabeth of Hungary, Empress of Austria, who was assassinated by an anarchist in Geneva on September 10, 1898. Gödöllő Palace and the surrounding park and landscape was her favourite summer palace, where she came with the king and the children. Elisabeth was known to speak fluently Hungarian and always had great love for the Hungarian people. In 1901 the Hungarian sculptor József Róna created the bronze monument of the empress-queen at the end of an avenue of trees. The park was inaugurated by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, her widower.