!!!Joseph I

Joseph I, b. Vienna, July 26, 1678, d. Vienna, April 
17, 1711, Emperor, eldest son of and successor to  Leopold I, 
1687 King of Hungary, 1688 King of Bohemia, 1690 King of the Romans, 
1705-1711 Holy Roman Emperor. Continued the  War of the Spanish 
Succession, fought successfully against the Hungarian Kuruc rebels ( 
Kuruc invasions), who deposed him formally in 1707. Though a devout 
Catholic J. showed understanding for the Protestants. His death 
(smallpox) deprived the Habsburgs of the Spanish Succession. According 
to the  Pragmatic Sanction his two daughters were next in line of 
succession after the daughters of his younger brother,  Karl VI. J. 
was one of the "composing emperors", a "Regina coeli" has been handed 
down.  Great Power of the Baroque Age.

!Literature
C. W. Ingrao, Josef I. Der 
"vergessene" Kaiser, 1982; B. Hamann (ed.), Die Habsburger, 
%%sup 4/%1993; NDB.


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