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Joseph II, the eldest son of Maria Theresia and her sucessor, was a great proponent of enlightened absolutism. Throughout his reign he tried to reform his domain with various reforms based on the principles of Enlightenment, but ultimately most of his programmes failed, prompting Joseph to ask for his tombstone epitaph to be "Here lies Joseph II, who failed in all he undertook."

So what if Joseph II was less infatuated with Enlightenment and more conservative, like his mother Empress Maria Theresia?
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