Emperor Charles VI

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

Emperor Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740, best known for issuing the Pragmatic Sanction to secure his daughter Maria Theresa’s succession and for his role in the later stages of the War of the Spanish Succession.

Aliases (1)

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ×52

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Archduke of Austria → Habsburg monarch → Holy Roman Emperor → King of Bohemia → King of Hungary →
birthName	Karl Franz Joseph von Habsburg →
burialPlace	Imperial Crypt, Vienna →
child	Maria Amalia of Austria → Maria Anna of Austria → Maria Theresa →
countryOfBirth	Habsburg Monarchy →
dateOfBirth	1685-10-01 →
dateOfDeath	1740-10-20 →
era	Early modern period →
father	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor →
givenName	Charles →
house	House of Habsburg →
knownFor	issuing the Pragmatic Sanction to secure Maria Theresa’s succession → participation in the War of the Spanish Succession →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
monarchOf	Habsburg Monarchy → Holy Roman Empire →
mother	Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg →
nobleTitle	Archduke → Emperor →
notableWork	Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 →
participatedIn	Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718) → War of the Spanish Succession →
placeOfBirth	Vienna →
placeOfDeath	Vienna →
predecessor	Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor →
reignEnd	1740-10-20 →
reignStart	1711-10-12 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Hofburg Palace → Schönbrunn Palace →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor →
signed	Treaty of Baden (1714) → Treaty of Passarowitz → Treaty of Rastatt →
spouse	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel NERFINISHED →
successor	Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor →
successorInAustria	Maria Theresa →
title	Archduke of Austria → Duke of Milan → Holy Roman Emperor → King of Bohemia → King of Germany → King of Hungary and Croatia → King of Naples → King of Sardinia →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Banat Swabians →	settlementWavesOccurredUnder
Treaty of Baden (1714) →	signatory
War of the Polish Succession →	significantPerson