Charles VI of the Holy Roman Empire

Their titles over time

Follow the changing territories and offices of Charles VI of the Holy Roman Empire. Each title retains its own status.

Governments in 1720

• Holy Roman Empire (Germany)2 titles and offices
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  • Germany · ESKing of the Romans · Effective rule1711–1740
  • Holy Roman Empire · ESEmperor · Effective rule1711–1740
• Austrian Habsburg Monarchy15 titles and offices
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  • Austria · ESArchduke · Effective rule1711–1740
  • Bohemia · ESKing · Effective rule1711–1740
  • Hungary · ESKing · Effective rule1711–1740
  • Croatia · ESKing · Effective rule1711–1740
  • Milan · ESDuke · Effective rule1706–1733 · Austrian control from 1706 until the Franco-Sardinian occupation of 1733.
  • Naples · ESKing · Effective rule1707–1734 · Control began in 1707 and ended with the Bourbon conquest of 1734.
  • Trinacria · ESKing · Effective rule1720–1734 · He received Sicily in the exchange of 1720 and lost it to Bourbon forces in 1734.
  • Moravia · ESMargrave · Effective rule · Royal centres of Brno and Olomouc; regional authority over the margraviate, distinct from the full geography of the Bohemian title1711–1740 · Brno and Olomouc are regional urban centres; they are not equated with the monarch’s exclusive ownership of Moravia and do not erase seigneurial or episcopal jurisdictions. Olomouc begins with the privilege of 1378 and is excluded during the documented Swedish and Prussian occupations.
  • Silesia · ESSovereign · Effective rule · Overlordship of the Bohemian crown over the Silesian duchies; not direct ducal possession1711–1740 · The enfeoffed princes and the bishop of Nysa retain their own governments. The area represents superior sovereignty; Schweidnitz-Jauer was incorporated in 1392. Greater Poland, Lusatia and Glatz are excluded. This does not derive from the imperial office.
  • Inner Austria · ESSovereign · Effective rule1711–1740 · Inner hereditary provinces reunited with the Austrian line from 1619; provincial administrations and autonomies are retained. The connection does not arise from the imperial title.
  • Tyrol · ESCount · Effective rule1711–1740 · Territorial succession to Tyrol after reunification in 1665; excludes the bishoprics of Trent and Brixen.
  • Habsburg Transylvania · ESSovereign · Effective rule1711–1740 · Personal tenure inferred from the Austrian hereditary succession and the treaty’s territorial boundary; an administratively separate province.
  • Habsburg northern Serbia · ESSovereign · Effective rule1718–1738 · Personal tenure inferred from the Austrian hereditary succession and the treaty’s territorial boundary; an administratively separate province.
  • Habsburg Oltenia · ESSovereign · Effective rule1718–1738 · Personal tenure inferred from the Austrian hereditary succession and the treaty’s territorial boundary; an administratively separate province.
  • Banat of Temeswar · ESEmperor · Effective rule1716–1740 · The Habsburg monarch’s authority over the imperial province conquered in 1716; recognised in 1718. It does not derive from universal authority over the Holy Roman Empire.

  Joint direction of the domains effectively governed by this ruler. Excludes the imperial framework, Ottoman Hungary and independent or tributary Transylvanian principalities. Austrian branches under another ruler retain their own grouping. Source for this grouping

• Habsburg Netherlands9 titles and offices
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  • Brabant · ESDuke · Effective rule1714–1740 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Limburg · ESDuke · Effective rule1714–1740 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Luxembourg · ESDuke · Effective rule1714–1740 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Flanders · ESCount · Effective rule1714–1740 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Hainaut · ESCount · Effective rule1714–1740 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Namur · ESCount · Effective rule1714–1740 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Lordship of Mechelen · ESLord · Effective rule1714–1740 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Tournai · ESLord · Effective rule1714–1740 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.
  • Guelders · ESDuke · Effective rule1714–1740 · Austrian territorial sovereignty over the province, distinct from the imperial office. Its extent follows local losses, occupations and restorations; excludes the Republic’s provinces and Barrier garrisons.

  Joint succession of the provinces under the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549. Each title retains its identity, and only the area under control in the selected year is shown. Rebel provinces are not included merely because the sovereign claimed them. Source for this grouping

Annual dates: overlap within one year does not prove that two offices were held on the same day. Regencies and co-rulerships retain their labels.