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Article: Charles VI (Holy Roman Empire) (1685–1740; Ruled 1711–1740)
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CHARLES VI (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1685
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1740; ruled 1711
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1740)
CHARLES VI (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE)
(1685
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1740; ruled 1711
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1740), Holy Roman emperor and ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy. Charles VI's greatest claim to historical fame is his role as father to Maria Theresa (ruled 1740
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1780), one of the great rulers of the eighteenth century. Historians often point to the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, a document that guaranteed the succession of his daughter to the traditionally male Habsburg inheritance, as the issue that dominated his reign. This document had its roots in 1703 when Leopold I (ruled 1658
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1705), Charles's father, wished to regulate the order ...