Leopold I was Holy Roman Emperor and also King of Germany, Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife Maria Anna of Spain, he became heir apparent in 1654 after the death of his elder brother Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans. Elected emperor in 1658, he ruled the Holy Roman Empire until his death in 1705, becoming the second longest reigning emperor of the House of Habsburg, and he was also a composer and a considerable patron of music.
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was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany
Lead paragraph, birth date
9 June 1640
Biography, birthplace
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
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5 May 1705
Biography, death place
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
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Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician;
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor: Gender
The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife Maria Anna of Spain, he became heir apparent in 1654 after the death of his elder brother Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans.
In Era: The Early Modern Period, lead paragraph, lifespan
Infobox: born 1640-6-9; died 1705-5-5
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