Father: Leopold I
Mother: Eleonora of Pfalts-Neunburg
Emperor: 1705-1711
Age: 27
Wife: Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick-L�neburg
Children: Leopold Joseph, Maria Josepha, Maria Amalia
Died: 1711
Age: 33
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| Born: 1678 Father: Leopold I Mother: Eleonora of Pfalts-Neunburg Emperor: 1705-1711 Age: 27 Wife: Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick-L�neburg Children: Leopold Joseph, Maria Josepha, Maria Amalia Died: 1711 Age: 33 |
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| Holy Roman emperor (1705�11), king of Hungary (1687�1711) and of Bohemia (1705�11), son and successor of Leopold I. Joseph became Holy Roman emperor in the midst of the War of the Spanish Succession and died before it ended. He vigorously supported the claim of his brother (who succeeded him as Charles VI) to the Spanish throne. During his reign Hungary was in revolt under Francis II R�k�czy, but by 1711 the rebellion had been quelled. Joseph made some attempts at internal reform. A musician and an admirer of art, he encouraged cultural life in Vienna. | ||||||||||