Baják László Ihász István: The Hungarian National Museum History Exhibition Guide 4 - The short century of survival (1900-1990) (Budapest, 2008)

Room 16. From the Belle Epoch to the Collapse of the Monarchy (1900-1919). László Baják

On top of all this came in 1916 the death of Franz Joseph, for 68 years the Monarchy's ruler, is if at once symbolising that the "long 19

th century" had finally come to an end and that what was possibly Hungary's most tragic half-century was about to begin. The hasty coronation in Buda of his heir, Charles IV took place with medieval pomp but also signs of evil omen. In the cold windy weather the crown slipped on the king's head. The illustriKing Charles IV's field-marshal's baton. Silver casket made a gift from the German Emperor William II for the coronation of King Charles IV, December 1916