Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

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, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary

King of Hungary

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, King of the Romans

King of the Romans

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 was the elder son of Emperor Leopold I

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

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 and his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg.

Born in Vienna

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, he was educated strictly by Prince Dietrich Otto von Salm and became a good linguist. In 1687, he received the crown of Hungary and became King of the Romans

King of the Romans

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 on 6 January 1690.

In 1702, at the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession

War of the Spanish Succession

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, he saw his only military service. He joined the Imperial General, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

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, in the siege of Landau

Landau

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He succeeded his father as emperor in 1705.