Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Full name
	German: [Karl Franz Joseph Wenzel Balthasar Johann Anton Ignaz] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)

Charles VI
Charles VI
	File:Workshop of Jacob van Schuppen - Portrait of Emperor Karl VI.png Portrait by Jacob van Schuppen
Holy Roman Emperor (more...)
	12 October 1711 – 20 October 1740
	22 December 1711; Frankfurt Cathedral
Predecessor	Joseph I
Successor	Charles VII
Born	1 October 1685; Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	20 October 1740 (aged 55); Palais Augarten, Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (m. 1708)
Issue; Detail	Archduke Leopold Johann; Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress; Archduchess Maria Anna; Archduchess Maria Amalia;
Full name
Full name
	German: [Karl Franz Joseph Wenzel Balthasar Johann Anton Ignaz] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
House	Habsburg
Father	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Signature	Charles VI's signature

Charles VI (1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 12 October 1711 to 20 October 1740. He was emperor after his elder brother, Joseph I. His daughter, Maria Theresia of Austria, inherited the throne after he died.

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor Media

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The future Emperor Charles VI
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Portrait of a young Archduke Charles during the War of the Spanish Succession
Charles VI on a silver Thaler, 1721
Charles VI with his wife Empress Elisabeth Christine and their daughters in 1730
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Charles III in front of the port of Barcelona by Frans van Stampart
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Collection of Serbian privileges, issued by Charles VI in 1732
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Tomb of the emperor in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna
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Andreas Moeller - Erzherzogin Maria Theresia - Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Archduchess Maria Anna (1718-1744), daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, at the age of nine
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