Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

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Archduke of Austria Habsburg monarch Holy Roman Emperor King of Bohemia King of Hungary

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor was an early 18th-century Habsburg ruler best known for his efforts to secure the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure his daughter Maria Theresa’s succession and for leading the Austrian Monarchy through the final stages of the War of the Spanish Succession and subsequent European conflicts.

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Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI 2
Charles VI 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Habsburg monarch ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
King of Bohemia ⓘ
King of Hungary ⓘ
birthDate 1685-10-01 ⓘ
birthName Francis I of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Karl Franz Joseph von Habsburg
birthPlace Duchy of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Archduchy of Austria

Vienna ⓘ
burialPlace Imperial Crypt, Vienna ⓘ
causeOfDeath likely food poisoning ⓘ
child Leopold Johann of Austria ⓘ
Maria Anna of Austria ⓘ
Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler) ⓘ
surface form: Maria Theresa
countryRuled Duchy of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Archduchy of Austria

Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Bohemia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Bohemia

Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
deathDate 1740-10-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Duchy of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Archduchy of Austria

Vienna ⓘ
dynasty House of Habsburg ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
father Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
fullName Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charles VI
knownFor issuing the Pragmatic Sanction to secure Maria Theresa's succession ⓘ
participation in the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
ruling the Habsburg Monarchy in the early 18th century ⓘ
language German ⓘ
memberOf House of Habsburg ⓘ
monogram CVI ⓘ
mother Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg ⓘ
notableWork Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession) ⓘ
surface form: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
participatedIn Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718) ⓘ
War of the Polish Succession ⓘ
War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
predecessor Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
reignEnd 1740-10-20 ⓘ
reignStart 1711-10-12 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria ⓘ
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
spouse Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
successor Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
successorInAustria Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler) ⓘ
surface form: Maria Theresa
title Archduke of Austria ⓘ
Duke of Brabant ⓘ
Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
Duke of Milan ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
King of Bohemia ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
surface form: King of Germany

King of Hungary and Croatia ⓘ
King of Naples ⓘ
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia ⓘ
surface form: King of Sardinia

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor → child → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Liechtenstein → elevatedToPrincipalityBy → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI
Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler) → father → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
subject surface form: Empress Maria Theresa
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor → fullName → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles VI
King of Sicily → hasHolder → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
subject surface form: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
House of Habsburg → notableMember → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Charles VII of Naples → predecessor → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor → predecessor → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Eugene Francis of Savoy → servedUnder → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Prince Eugene of Savoy → servedUnder → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor → sibling → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Quadruple Alliance → signatory → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
subject surface form: Quadruple Alliance (1718)
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI
Treaty of Rastatt → signedUnderEmperor → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel → spouse → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler) → succeeded → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
subject surface form: Empress Maria Theresa
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor → successor → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
King of Naples → titleHolder → Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ