Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain following the death of his relative, Charles II. In 1708, he married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, by whom he had his four children: Leopold Johann, Maria Theresa, Maria Anna, and Maria Amalia.
The future Emperor Charles VI
Portrait of a young Archduke Charles during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Charles VI on a silver Thaler, 1721
Charles VI with his wife Empress Elisabeth Christine and their daughters in 1730
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph I was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. Joseph was crowned King of Hungary at the age of nine in 1687 and was elected King of the Romans at the age of eleven in 1690. He succeeded to the thrones of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire when his father died.
Portrait by Frans van Stampart, c. 1705
Archduke Joseph at the age of six (by Benjamin Block, 1684)
Joseph I by Johann Rudolf Huber, 1702
Tomb of the emperor in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna