The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Rome.

In the Cisalpine Republic, Baron Sigismund von Moll (1759–1826) headed the Austrian embassy from 4 May 1802 to 23 April 1805.

Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Kingdom of Italy (from 1805 to 1814) as the successor to the Cisalpine Republic, took over the presidency and crowned himself King of the Italians on 26 May 1814.

On 23 April 1814, Eugène de Beauharnais capitulated to Austrian troops, who then occupied Veneto and Lombardy.

1705: Establishment of diplomatic relations Habsburg, or Austrian, ambassadors in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.