Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph I (26 July 1678, Vienna, Austria – 17 April 1711, Vienna) who was Holy Roman Emperor from 1705 until his death in 1711, 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. When Charles II, the last Spanish Habsburg, died in 1700, Joseph supported the candidacy of his own younger brother Charles (the future emperor Charles VI) against the French king Louis XIV’s grandson Philip (later Philip V of Spain).

Joseph I
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Holy Roman Emperor (more...)
Reign	5 May 1705 – 17 April 1711
Predecessor	Leopold I
Successor	Charles VI
Born	(1678-07-26)26 July 1678 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	17 April 1711(1711-04-17) (aged 32) Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Imperial Crypt, Vienna
Spouse	Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick ​ ​ (m. 1696)​
Issue	Maria Josepha, Queen of Poland Archduke Leopold Joseph Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress
Full name German: Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius
House	House of Habsburg
Father	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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