Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
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Joseph I was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the 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 N
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
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
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
…died. Joseph continued the War of the Spanish Succession, begun by his father against Louis XIV of France, in an attempt to make his younger brother Charles (later Emperor Charles VI) King of Spain. In the process, however, owing to the victories won by his military commander, Prince Eugene of Savoy, he did…
Portrait of Charles VI in the Order of the Golden Fleece by Johann Gottfried Auerbach, c. 1730s)
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