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Also Known As Charles III
Born October 1, 1685 • Vienna • Austria
Died October 20, 1740 (aged 55) • Vienna • Austria
Title / Office emperor (1711-1740), Holy Roman Empire
House / Dynasty House of Habsburg
Notable Family Members father Leopold I • daughter Maria Theresa • brother Joseph I
Role In Barrier Treaties • Third Barrier Treaty • Treaty of Passarowitz • War of the Polish Succession • War of the Spanish Succession • treaties of Rastatt and Baden • treaties of Utrecht
The Great Condé, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1662
Louis II de Bourbon, 4 prince de Condé
French general and prince
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni: portrait of Joseph II
Joseph II
Holy Roman emperor
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa
Holy Roman empress
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Leopold I
Leopold I
Holy Roman emperor
Joseph I
Holy Roman emperor
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Maximilian I
Maximilian I
Holy Roman emperor
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain
Manuel de Godoy
prime minister of Spain
Diego Velázquez: painting of Philip III
Philip III
king of Spain and Portugal
Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, conde de Molina
Spanish prince
Louis-Joseph, duc de Vendôme
Louis Joseph, duke of Vendôme
French general
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, duke de Lerma
Spanish statesman
Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea marquis de la Ensenada
prime minister of Spain

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