While the battleships were under construction, discussions began over what to name them. The Naval Section of the War Ministry initially proposed naming the four battleships "Tegetthoff", "Prinz Eugen", "Don Juan", and "Hunyadi". Newspapers within Austria reported during construction that one of the ships was to be named "Kaiser Franz Joseph I", though it was later revealed the navy had no intentions of renaming the cruiser which already bore the Emperor's name. Archduke Franz Ferdinand proposed "Laudon" for the fourth ship in honor of the Austrian field marshall. Emperor Franz Joseph I ultimately decided the names of the dreadnoughts, choosing to name the first ship using his own personal motto, "Viribus Unitis" (Latin: "With United Forces"), while the fourth ship in the class would be named "Szent István" after the Hungarian king and saint, Stephen I.