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. As his father was the last Palatine of Hungary and was briefly considered a possible King of Hungary in 1919–1920, Josef Franz was a potential crown prince of Hungary.

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Archduke Josef Franz
Archduke Josef Franz, c. 1930
Born	Josef Franz Leopold Anton Ignatius Maria (1895-03-28)28 March 1895 Brünn, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died	25 September 1957(1957-09-25) (aged 62) Carcavelos, Portuguese Riviera
Burial	Palatinal Crypt, Budapest
Spouse	Princess Anna of Saxony ​ ​ (m. 1924)​
Issue	Archduchess Margaret, Princess of Monteleone Archduchess Ilona Archduchess Anna-Theresia Archduke Joseph Árpád Archduke István Dominik Archduchess Maria Kynga Archduke Géza Archduke Michael
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Joseph August, Palatine of Hungary
Mother	Princess Auguste of Bavaria

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He was born during the reign of his great-grandfather (on his mother's side) Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria.

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Styles of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria
Reference style	His Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Imperial and Royal Highness

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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. Anna and Joseph Francis had eight children:

• Archduchess Margit of Austria (17 August 1925 - 3 May 1979) married, in August 1944, Alexander Cech (born 23 March 1914; died 30 June 2008), son of Altábornagy Jószef Cech (1855-1938) and Donna Amalia Erba Odescalchi dei Principi di Monteleone (1889-1969)^[1]
• Archduchess Ilona of Austria (20 April 1927 - 11 January 2011) married Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg
• Archduchess Anna-Theresia (19 April 1928 - 28 November 1984)
• Archduke Joseph Árpád of Austria (8 February 1932 – 30 April 2017), married Princess Maria von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
• Archduke István Dominik of Austria (1 July 1934 - 24 October 2011), married Maria Anderl
• Archduchess Maria Kynga (born 27 August 1938), married, firstly, Ernst Kiss. She married, secondly, Joachim Krist on 30 March 1988.
• Archduke Géza of Austria (born 14 November 1940), married Monika Decker, secondly, Elizabeth Jane Kunstadter.
• Archduke Michael of Austria (born 5 May 1942), married Princess Christiana of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (born 1940, daughter of Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg)

Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria died on 25 September 1957 in Carcavelos, on the Portuguese Riviera.