Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
Monarch
1678 – 1711
Who was Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor?
Joseph I 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. He succeeded to the imperial throne and that of Bohemia when his father died.
Joseph continued the War of the Spanish Succession, begun by his father, against Louis XIV of France, in a fruitless attempt to make his younger brother Charles King of Spain; in the process, however, owing to the victories won by his military commander, Prince Eugene of Savoy, he did succeed in establishing Austrian hegemony over Italy. Joseph also had to contend with a protracted revolt in Hungary, fomented by Louis XIV. Neither conflict was resolved until after his death.
His motto was Amore et Timore.
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- Born
- Jul 26, 1678
Vienna - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(1699/02/24 - 1711)
- Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Apr 17, 1711
Vienna
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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