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.

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] On 4 October 1924, Archduke Josef Franz married Princess Anna of Saxony, a daughter of Friedrich August III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise of Austria-Tuscany.

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