Charles Albert of Bavaria

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Charles Albert of Bavaria was an 18th-century Bavarian elector who became Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII and a key rival to the Habsburgs during the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Charles Albert of Bavaria canonical 3
Charles Albert 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century monarch ⓘ
Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of royalty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Karl Albrecht von Bayern ⓘ
birthDate 1697-08-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
burialPlace Theatinerkirche, Munich ⓘ
claimedTitle Archduke of Austria ⓘ
King of Bohemia ⓘ
conflict War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
coronationAsHolyRomanEmperorPlace Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
deathDate 1745-01-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
dynasticRivalryWith House of Habsburg ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
father Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Charles Albert ⓘ
house Wittelsbach ⓘ
languageOfUse German ⓘ
mother Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
notableFor being the only Wittelsbach Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
challenging Habsburg succession in the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
opponent Maria Theresa of Austria ⓘ
politicalAlly Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
positionHeld Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
King of Bohemia ⓘ
predecessorAsHolyRomanEmperor Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
reignAsElectorOfBavariaEnd 1745 ⓘ
reignAsElectorOfBavariaStart 1726 ⓘ
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorEnd 1745-01-20 ⓘ
reignAsHolyRomanEmperorStart 1742-02-12 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Maria Amalia of Austria ⓘ
succeeded Joseph I as Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
succeededBy Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ
successorAsHolyRomanEmperor Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
title Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ

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Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) → beneficiary → Charles Albert of Bavaria ⓘ
Nymphenburg Alliance → supportedClaimant → Charles Albert of Bavaria ⓘ
Charles Albert of Bavaria → givenName → Charles Albert ⓘ
linked to: Charles Albert of Bavaria
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor → fullName → Charles Albert of Bavaria ⓘ
subject linked to: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII