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Charles VI ( German: Karl; Latin: Carolus; 1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I.
Charles VI was the Holy Roman emperor from 1711 and, as Charles III, archduke of Austria and king of Hungary. As pretender to the throne of Spain (as Charles III), he attempted unsuccessfully to reestablish the global empire of his 16th-century ancestor Charles V. He was the author of the Pragmatic.
Charles VI (1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740; German: Karl VI.) succeeded his elder brother, Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (as Charles II), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Charles III), and King of Serbia, Archduke of Austria, etc., in 1711.
May 14, 2018 · Charles VI (1685–1740) Holy Roman Emperor (1711–40) and King of Hungary as Charles III. His claim to the Spanish throne against the grandson of Louis XIV, Philip V, supported by the powers opposed to Louis, caused the War of the Spanish Succession.
Biography. The second son of the emperor Leopold I. His claim to the Spanish throne (as Charles III) led to the War of Spanish Succession (1701-14, after which Philip V was recognised as king of Spain); 1711, on the death of his brother, emperor Joseph I, became Holy Roman emperor and, as Charles II, archduke of Austria and King of Hungary ...
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.
Charles VI. From 1703 to 1713/14 king of Spain as Charles III, (anti-king to Philip V of Anjou-Bourbon); as Charles VI emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1711 to his death in 1740. Born in Vienna on 1 October 1685. Died in Vienna on 20 October 1740.
The son of the Habsburg Leopold I., Charles VI (r. 1711-40) succeeded his brother Joseph I as Holy Roman Emperor. Upon the death of the last Spanish Habsburg in 1700, Charles attempted to assert his claim to the Spanish throne.
Charles VI (1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 12 October 1711 to 20 October 1740. He was emperor after his elder brother, Joseph I. His daughter, Maria Theresia of Austria, inherited the throne after he died.
Charles VI, 1685–1740, Holy Roman emperor (1711–40), king of Bohemia (1711–40) and, as Charles III, king of Hungary (1712–40); brother and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I. Charles was the last Holy Roman emperor of the direct Hapsburg line.
