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Charles VI (German
Karl VI) (
October 1,
1685 –
October 20,
1740) was
Holy Roman Emperor,
King of Bohemia (as Karel II.) and
Hungary (as Károly III.) from 1711 to 1740. From 1703 to 1711 he was an active claimant to the
throne of Spain as
Charles III.
Biography
Charles was born in
Vienna, the second son of the Emperor
Leopold I and of his third wife, Princess
Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg. He was given the baptismal names
Karl Josef Franz. His tutor was Prince
Anton Florian of Liechtenstein.
Charles was the contracted heir of the Spanish
Habsburgs. When
Charles II of Spain made
Philip V his heir,
Louis XIV violated the contract. The dispute for the crown of Spain led to the
War of the Spanish Succession.
After his older brother the Emperor
Joseph I died suddenly in 1711, Charles returned to Austria. He succeeded immediately as
King of Hungary and
King of Bohemia. Later that year he was elected Holy Roman Emperor in
Frankfurt.
Although Charles seems to have been clumsy in political affairs, the Austrian monarchy reached its widest expansion during his reign. His superior army was defeated by
Bosnians in year
1737 in
Battle of Banja Luka.
He married
Elisabeth, eldest daughter of
Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. At the time of his death, his only surviving children were
Maria Theresa and
Maria Anna, so he'd no living male heirs - a situation he'd guarded against in the
Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, which stated that his realm couldn't be divided and allowed that daughters also could inherit the throne from their fathers. When he died, the
War of the Austrian Succession took place, but in the end the Pragmatic Sanction held up and his daughter succeeded him as Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and Archduchess of Austria. However, being a female, she wasn't elected Holy Roman Empress. Instead,
Charles VII was elected. However, after Charles VII's reign, Maria Theresa's husband
Francis I was elected, ensuring that the Empire would continue in the Habsburg line.
Probably as a consequence of his years in Spain, he introduced the Spanish court ceremonial (
Spanisches Hofzeremoniell) in Vienna and built the Spanish Riding School. Furthermore, the
Reichskanzlei ("chancellory of the state") and the National Library were constructed during his reign and the Michaeler tract added to the
Hofburg. Much was designed in
baroque style in Vienna during Charles' reign.
He also had musical ambitions. Taught as a boy by
Johann Joseph Fux, he composed, played the
harpsichord, and now and then conducted the court's band.
There is some evidence that Charles' death was caused by consuming a meal of
death cap mushrooms.
Ancestors
Names in other languages:
German:
Karl VI.,
Czech:
Karel II.,
Hungarian:
III. Károly,
Slovak:
Karol III.,
Croatian:
Karlo III.,
Catalan:
Carles III.,
Latin:
Carolus VI.Polish Karol VI,
Dutch:
Karel VI.Further Information
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