Joseph I was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, by Leopold's third wife, Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg. Joseph was crowned King of Hungary at age nine in 1687 and elected King of the Romans at age eleven in 1690, succeeding to the thrones of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire on his father's death.
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Why did Joseph I having no surviving son matter for the Habsburg succession?
Joseph left no surviving son. A pact he and his brother Charles signed put his daughters ahead of Charles's daughters and made no provision for Maria Theresa.
Joseph married Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1699 and they had three children, but their only son died of hydrocephalus before his first birthday. Joseph also caught a sexually transmittable disease, probably syphilis, which he passed on to his wife and which rendered her sterile, so there was no new heir. Joseph's father, Leopold I, who was still alive, made Joseph and his brother Charles sign the Mutual Pact of Succession, under which Joseph's daughters would have precedence over Charles's daughters if neither man fathered a son. That arrangement made no provision for the accession of Charles's daughter Maria Theresa, and the source states that it led to the War of the Austrian Succession.
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Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 - 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711.
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Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 - 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711.
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Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 - 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711.
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Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 - 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711.
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Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 - 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711.
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Born: 26 July 1678, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
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Died: 17 April 1711 (aged 32), Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
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Full birth name: Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor: Gender
Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 - 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711.
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Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 - 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711.
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