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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. He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain following the death of his relative, Charles II. In 1708, he married Elisabeth ...
- 12 October 1711 – 20 October 1740
- Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg
Charles VI (born Oct. 1, 1685, Vienna, Austria—died Oct. 20, 1740, Vienna) 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.
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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 ...
Pragmatic Sanction of Emperor Charles VI, (April 19, 1713), decree promulgated by the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI with the intent that all his Habsburg kingdoms and lands descend as an integral whole without partition. It stipulated that his undivided heritage go to his eldest son, should he have
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May 14, 2018 · Charles VI. 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. After his election as Emperor (1711), he gave up his Spanish claim as ...
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May 21, 2018 · CHARLES VI (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1685 – 1740; ruled 1711 – 1740), Holy Roman emperor and ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy. Charles VI's greatest claim to historical fame is his role as father to Maria Theresa (ruled 1740 – 1780), one of the great rulers of the eighteenth century. Historians often point to the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, a ...
Charles VI is regarded as the ‘last Baroque emperor’ and ‘old-school Habsburg’. Born in Vienna on 1 October 1685, the second son of Emperor Leopold I and his third wife, Eleonore Magdalena of Palatinate-Neuburg, Charles was initially overshadowed by his elder brother Joseph. Characterized as shy and diffident, with his prominent chin ...
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