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	Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1685–1740, Holy Roman emperor (1711–40), king of Bohemia (1711–40) and, as Charles III, king of Hungary (1712–40); brother and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I.
		On his deathbed, however, Charles II left his throne to Philip of Anjou (Philip V), grandson of King Louis XIV of France; Philip was proclaimed king in Nov., 1700.
		Although Charles, with the aid of British troops, invaded Spain and proclaimed himself king as Charles III in 1704, he was able to maintain himself only in Catalonia, with his capital at Barcelona.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/Charles6HRE.html (503 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Emperor Charles V
		Charles was the son of Philip, Duke of Burgundy, by Joanna, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, and Burgundy was the first heritage to which he at his led, on his fathers death in 1506.
		Charles, eager to push the war against the Turks, as well as to restore the unity of Christendom, was ready to partly forego his strict rights both in the Milanese and Burgundy, and to consider the question of the balance of power between his house and that of Valois.
		Charles had now to consider whether he would allow liberty of action to the Protestant princes of Germany, to whom, under pressure of war, he had made concessions, especially at the Diet of Spires in 1544.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03625a.htm (4837 words)

	Emperor Charles VII: His 300th Anniversary of birth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Charles Albrecht, born on August 6, 1697, was the Elector of Bavaria from 1726 to 1745.
		Because his wife was the daughter of the Austrian Emperor Joseph I, the elder brother of Emperor Charles VI, and consequently a cousin-sister of Maria Theresia, Charles Albrecht - as a son-in-law of an Austrian Emperor and Elector of Bavaria - had a legitimate claim to the Austrian throne.
		On the death of Charles VI in 1740, Charles Albert immediately joined the alliance against Maria Theresia and, with the aid of Prussia and France, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor under the title of Charles VII in February 1742.
	www.germanembassy-india.org /news/nov97/gn16a.htm (514 words)

	Encyclopedia: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806.
		Joseph I. Joseph I (July 26, 1678 – April 17, 1711), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, was the elder son of the emperor Leopold I and his third wife, Eleanora, Countess Palatine, daughter of Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine.
		Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII Emperor Charles VII Albert (Brussels August 6, 1697 â€“ January 20, 1745 in Munich), a member of the Wittelsbach family, was Holy Roman Emperor from January 24, 1742 until his death in 1745.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charles-VI,-Holy-Roman-Emperor (2049 words)

	AllRefer.com - Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Charles VII 1697–1745, Holy Roman emperor (1742–45) and, as Charles Albert, elector of Bavaria (1726–45).
		Having married a daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I, he refused to recognize the pragmatic sanction of 1713 by which Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (his wife's uncle) reserved the succession to the Hapsburg lands for his daughter, Maria Theresa.
		On Charles VI's death (1740) he advanced his own claim and joined with Frederick II (of Prussia), France, Spain, and Saxony to attack Maria Theresa (see Austrian Succession, War of the).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Charles7HRE.html (251 words)

	Karl V (1500-1558) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Holy Roman emperor (1519–56), king of Spain (as Charles I, 1516–56), and archduke of Austria (as Charles I, 1519–21), who inherited a Spanish and Habsburg empire extending across Europe from Spain and the Netherlands to Austria and the Kingdom of Naples and reaching overseas to Spanish America.
		Charles was the son of Philip I the Handsome, king of Castile, and Joan the Mad, and the grandson of Emperor Maximilian I. and Mary of Burgundy, as well as of the “Catholic Kings” Isabella I the Catholic, of Castile, and Ferdinand II the Catholic, of Aragon.
		By background and training, Charles was a medieval ruler whose outlook on life was stamped throughout by a deeply experienced Catholic faith and by the knightly ideals of the late chivalric age.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/EmperorKarl-V/EmperorKarl-V.html (2764 words)

	CHARLES VI
		Charles VI was known both as Charles the Mad and as Charles the Well Beloved, since, beginning in his mid twenties, he experienced bouts of psychosis.
		Charles VI's reign was marked by the continuing war with the English (the Hundred Years' War), culminating in 1415 when the French army was defeated at the Battle of Agincourt.
		Charles VI died on October 21, 1422 at Paris and is interred with his wife, Isabeau de Bavière in Saint Denis Basilica.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/CHARLES+VI (411 words)

	St. Charles in Vienna
		Charles Borromeo-church, built in honour of the Saint with this name, protector of the plague.
		Charles VI promised to build the church in the year 1713, when the plague terrified Vienna for the seventh time in twenty years.
		Indoors of St. Charles you are impressed by the overwhelming oval space, which is limited by the organ loft at the backside and in the front by the main altar, which is just another example of Fischer von Erlachs phenomenal architecture.
	www.werbeka.com /wien/karlske.htm (652 words)

	War and 18th Century Europe
		Charles VI recognized the succession of Philip to what he had thought should be his rule in Spain.
		Charles Emanuel won a battle against the Austrians at Guastalla, near Parma in northern Italy, the Austrians losing 10,000 killed, and France recognized Charles Emanuel as ruler of the Duchy of Milan.
		Great Britain hoped to split Charles VII of Bavaria from France and urged Maria Theresa to settle with Charles, and the British urged her to settle with Charles Emmanuel of the House of Savoy and Sardinia.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h31-gr.htm (9343 words)

	Personalities of Louisiana: Charles III of Spain
		Charles' (or Don Carlos) mother is Elizabeth Farnese (1692-1766) a granddaughter of the Duke of Parma (in Italy).
		Ferdinand VI is the new king of Spain and the Indies.
		Francis I is recognized as the Emperor of Austria.
	www.enlou.com /people/charlesiii-bio.htm (4686 words)

	Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
		(October 1, 1685 - October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711-1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg.
		After a short time as Charles III of Spain during the war, his older brother Joseph I died suddenly.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/em/Emperor_Charles_VI.html (276 words)

	Charles VI on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		1685-1740, Holy Roman emperor (1711-40), king of Bohemia (1711-40) and, as Charles III, king of Hungary (1712-40); brother and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I.
		Charles was later forced to return these lands to the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) after several defeats in the Turkish war of 1736-39.
		Near the end of his reign in the War of the Polish Succession (1733-35) Charles was again involved in a conflict with France and Spain.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Charles6H1R1E1.asp (919 words)

	Emperor_Charles_V
		Charles was born in Ghent and brought up in the Low Countries until 1517, where he was tutored by Adrian of Utrecht, later Pope Adrian VI.
		In a war supported by Henry VIII of England, in 1525 Charles captured François I of France and forced him to sign the Treaty of Madrid, in which France renounced her claims to northern Italy.
		Charles retired to the monastery of Yuste (Extremadura, Spain) and is thought to have had a nervous breakdown.
	www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Emperor_Charles_V (1051 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Austria, Foreign Policy 1740-1780
		Furthermore, Charles Albert claimed to be the legitimate heir of the Austrian and Bohemian lands; with the support of French troops, he occupied Upper Austria and Bohemia, thus neginning the War of Austrian Succession (1741-1748).
		In the end, the bulk of her inheritance had been kept together (except for Silesia; Parma had to be ceded to a Spanish sideline, and the western streches of Milan to Savoy-Piemont); her husband Francis Stephen of Lorraine was elected Emperor in 1745.
		In the 1778, Duke Charles Theodor of Bavaria suggested to trade the Austrian Netherlands for Bavaria, a plan with caused Prussia to declare war (War of Bavarian Succession, a war which, for Austria, resulted in the acquisition of the Innviertel.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/germany/au17401780for.html (750 words)

	Charles VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Charles VI was born in Vienna on 1 October 1685 and died in 1740.
		Charles VI (German: Karl VI) started his reign of Austria in 1711 and it ended when he died.
		Charles gave the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily to Spain for Parma and Piacenza.
	m.wjms.jordan.k12.ut.us /HAPSBURG/Charles%20VI (579 words)

	Emperor Charles V
		He was the grandson of Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy, as well as of the "Catholic Kings" Isabella I the Catholic, of Castile, and Ferdinand II the Catholic, of Aragon.
		Charles V excelled the feats of the Romans, personifying an excellence that should be regarded not only in quantitative but, fundamentally, in qualitative terms.
		With The Emperor Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg, a work painted by Titian in 1548 after the victory of that name (24th April,1547), and Charles V Restraining Fury by Leoni, the imperial court sought to symbolise the pax carolina that prevailed in Europe after that battle.
	delacuadra.net /escorial/tx-char.htm (4225 words)

	Charles Albert, Prince of Bavaria, Emperor Charles VII (1742-1745) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Charles Albert, Prince of Bavaria, Emperor Charles VII (1742-1745)
		Husband of Maria Amelia, niece of the emperor Charles VI, and one claimant to the Habsburg inheritance.
		After Charles VI died leaving his daughter, Maria Theresa, as his heir, Charles Albert made his own claim on both the Habsburg lands and the Imperial title.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/people_charlesVII.html (169 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pragmatic Sanction
		The Pragmatic Sanction of the Emperor Charles VI This edict, issued by the last German male member of the House of Hapsburg regulating the succession to his hereditary lands, was read 19 April, 1713, before the ministers and councillors, but was temporarily kept secret.
		Charles III was King of Naples and Sicily until he succeeded his brother Ferdinand upon the throne of Spain in 1759.
		Charles III also provided that in case Ferdinand's line should become extinct his brothers Philip and Louis were to have the succession.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12333a.htm (1061 words)

	Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Upon the death of Charles VI in 1740, however, challenges to the Habsburg lands led to the War of the Austrian Succession.
		And since Charles VI had believed that his daughter would surrender true power to her husband, Francis Stephen of Lorraine, he did not take the time to teach her the workings of the government.
		King Frederick II of Prussia was her first challenger, when he took the occasion of Charles VI's death to occupy Silesia, beginning the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748).
	www.kings.edu /womens_history/mariatheres.html (1572 words)

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		The emperor of Austria is also king of Hungary, but except for having the same monarch and a few common affairs the two states are quite independent of one another.
		The emperor has the supreme command over the armed forces of the country, has the right to confer degrees of nobility, and has the prerogatives of pardon for criminals.
		The constitution of Austria is based upon the following statutes: (1) the Pragmatic Sanction of the emperor Charles VI., first promulgated on the 19th of April 1713, which regulated the succession to the throne; (2) the Pragmatic Patent of the emperor Francis II.
	www.mek.iif.hu /porta/szint/tarsad/tortenel/mo_1867/austria/chap34.hun (3225 words)

	war and social upheaval: War of the Spanish Succession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Charles II Charles II was the last Hapsburg king of Spain.
		Faced with the death of Joseph Ferdinand, Charles II who humself was dying in 1700 chose the Duke of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV.
		One concern was Charles VI becoming emperor and he appeared to represent as much of a threat as the Bourbons.
	histclo.hispeed.com /essay/war/war-wss.html (1464 words)

	War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-18 October 1748 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He was joined by Charles Albert of Bavaria, elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII, who was a rival claimant to the Habsburg lands.
		Charles VII died in 1745, pulling Bavaria out of the war, but the French were victorious at the battle of Fontenoy (11 May 1745), defeating a combined British and Austrian army and in combination with the second Jacobite revolt, ended Britain's direct military intervention on the continent.
		Maria Theresa's husband Francis was elected Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, and recognized as such by Prussia in the treaty of Dresden (25 December 1745) in return for Austrian recognition of the Prussian occupation of Silesia.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/wars_austriansuccession.html (307 words)

	Charles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Charles is a very common personal name employed by nobility in many European countries and can refer to any of the following monarchs or nobles.
		Charles I of France (Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Bald)
		VI of France">Charles VI of France (Charles the Foolish)
	www.city-search.org /ch/charles.html (265 words)

	÷ Abbey / Stift Klosterneuburg ÷ The Austrian Escorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Construction of this mighty building, intended to be the monastery residence of Emperor Charles VI, was begun in 1730 according to plans by Donato Felice d’Allio.
		The complex was to be topped with nine domes, surmounted with crowns of House of Austria, to proclaim the glory of imperial majesty far into the surrounding countryside.
		Construction was halted soon after the death of Charles VI in 1740.
	www.stift-klosterneuburg.at /artculture/austrianescorial (105 words)

	Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		After his older brother Joseph I died suddenly, he had to return to Austria to take over the Emperor's throne.
		However, after Charles VII's reign, Maria Theresa's husband Francis I was elected, ensuring that the Empire would continue in the Habsburg line.
		Taught as a boy by Johann Joseph Fux, he composed, played the piano, and now and then conducted the court's band.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Karl_VI (380 words)

	Karl VI. (1685-1740) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		When the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg became extinct in 1700, he was put forward as the lawful heir in opposition to Philip V., the Bourbon to whom the Spanish dominions had been left by the will of Charles II.
		He was proclaimed at Vienna on the 19th of September 1703, and made his way to Spain by the Low Countries, England and Lisbon, remaining in Spain until 1711, mostly in Catalonia, where the Habsburg party was strong.
		He abandoned Spain and was crowned emperor in December 1711, but he did not recognize Philip V. for a long time.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/EmperorKarl-VI/EmperorKarl-VI.html (643 words)

	Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor
		Charles VI Charles VI, 1685–1740, Holy Roman emperor (1711–40), king of Bohemia (1711–40) and, as Charles III, king of Hungary (1712–40); brother and successor of Holy Roman Emperor
		(1733–35) Charles was again involved in a conflict with France and Spain.
		Since Charles had no male heirs, one of his chief concerns was to secure the succession to the Hapsburg lands for his daughter,
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0811424.html (431 words)

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