Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
| Joseph I | |||||
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| Holy Roman Emperor (more...) | |||||
| Reign | 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 | ||||
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Joseph I, (born July 26, 1678, Vienna, Austria—died April 17, 1711, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor from 1705, 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).