Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph I (26 July 1678, Vienna, Austria
| Joseph I | |||||
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| Holy Roman Emperor (more...) | |||||
| 5 May 1705 – 17 April 1711 | |||||
| Predecessor | Leopold I | ||||
| Successor | Charles VI | ||||
| Born | 26 July 1678 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
| Died | 17 April 1711 (aged 32) Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
| Burial | Imperial Crypt, Vienna | ||||
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| Issue | Maria Josepha, Queen of Poland Archduke Leopold Joseph Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress | ||||
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| House | House of Habsburg | ||||
| Father | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
| Signature | Joseph I's signature | ||||
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor Media
Archduke Joseph at the age of six (by Benjamin Block, 1684)
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Joseph I by Johann Rudolf Huber, 1702
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Tomb of the emperor in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna
- Maria Josepha of Austria as a child in Hungarian costume.jpg
Maria Josepha of Austria as a child in Hungarian costume
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Richter - Maria Amalia of Austria - Kunsthistorisches Museum
– 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).