Leopold I was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain, Leopold became hei
Portrait by Benjamin von Block, c. 1672
Young Leopold by anonymous, c. 1660
Leopold I, painted by Guido Cagnacci (1657–1658)
Leopold I column (1673) in Trieste
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
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
…against France: the Franco-Dutch War, the Nine Years' War, and the War of the Spanish Succession. In this last, Leopold sought to give his younger son Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor the entire Spanish inheritance, disregarding the will of the late Charles II of Spain. Leopold started a war that soon engulfed much of Europe. The…
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