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Ducat - Francis I of Lorraine, as co-ruler
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1745-1750 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | FRANC · D : G · R · I · S · A · GER · HIER · REX · |
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Francis Stephen of Lorraine became co-ruler of Hungary through his marriage to Maria Theresa, though his role was always secondary to hers in the Hungarian constitutional order. When Charles VI died in 1740, the Pragmatic Sanction that Maria Theresa inherited was immediately contested — the War of the Austrian Succession consumed the first half of the 1740s, and Francis was occupied largely with his election as Holy Roman Emperor in 1745, leaving Hungarian administrative matters firmly in his wife's hands.
The co-ruler designation on this issue is technically accurate but politically understated. Hungarian estates recognized Maria Theresa as their sovereign; Francis appears here as consort elevated to formal co-regency, a distinction the diet was careful to maintain.