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Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 – 17 April 1711) 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.
- 5 May 1705 – 17 April 1711
- Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg
Apr 13, 2024 · Joseph I was the Holy Roman emperor from 1705, who unsuccessfully fought to retain the Spanish crown for the House of Habsburg. The eldest son of the emperor Leopold I, Joseph became king of Hungary in 1687 and king of the Romans, the imperial successor-designate, in 1690.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Joseph, who represented the Habsburg answer to the French Sun King Louis IV, was to be stylized as the Austrian ‘Sun Emperor’. At the court in Vienna new ways were sought of expressing the Habsburg claim to imperial power in art and propaganda.
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 I. From 1689 Roman King as Joseph I; from 1705 Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy until his death in 1711. Born in Vienna on 26 July 1678. Died in Vienna on 17 April 1711. Motto: ‘Amore et Timore – By love and fear’.
Joseph I (26 July 1678 – 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Emperor Leopold I from his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. Joseph was crowned King of Hungary at the age of nine in 1687, and King in Germany at the age of eleven in 1690.
Biography. Elder son of Emperor Leopold I. Crowned hereditary prince of Hungary in 1687 and King of the Romans in 1690. After he became Emperor in 1705 he continued the wars of the spanish Succession. He took sicily and the Milanese which latter province he gave to his brother the titular Charles III of Spain.
