Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician; ; 9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain, Leopold became heir apparent in 1654 after the death of his elder brother Ferdinand IV. Elected in 1658, Leopold ruled the Holy Roman Empire until his death in 1705, becoming the second longest-ruling Habsburg emperor (46 years and 9 months). He was both a composer and considerable patron of music.Leopold's reign is known for conflicts with the Ottoman Empire in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and rivalry with Louis XIV, a contemporary and first cousin (on the maternal side; fourth cousin on the paternal side), in the west. After more than a decade of warfare, Leopold emerged victorious in the east thanks to the military talents of Prince Eugene of Savoy. By the Treaty of Karlowitz, Leopold recovered almost all of the Kingdom of Hungary, which had fallen under Turkish power in the years after the 1526 Battle of Mohács.
Leopold fought three wars against France: the Franco-Dutch War, the Nine Years' War, and the War of the Spanish Succession. In this last, Leopold sought to give his younger son Charles the entire Spanish inheritance, disregarding the will of the late Charles II. Leopold started a war that soon engulfed much of Europe. The early years of the war went fairly well for Austria, with victories at Schellenberg and Blenheim, but the war would drag on until 1714, nine years after Leopold's death, which barely had an effect on the warring states. When peace returned with the Treaty of Rastatt, Austria could not be said to have emerged as triumphant as it had from the war against the Turks. Provided by Wikipedia
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The Emperor's letter to James II. late King of England, &c. dated the ninth of April, 1689. : In answer to a letter he receiv'd from him, dated the 6th of February, 1688[/]9. With... by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705
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A true copy of the Imperial decree, : and of the declaration that was delivered to the envoys of the electors, princes and estates of the empire, by Prince Herman of Baden: by whic... by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705
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The emperor's letter to his own subjects and those of the empire in Italy : dated from Vienna April 9th, 1689. by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705
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A letter written by the emperor to the late King James, setting forth the true occasion of his fall, and the treachery and cruelty of the French by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705
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The emperors answer to the French king's manifesto / by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705
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Copia litterarum ad Regum Magnae Brittanniae Guilielmum III = The Emperors letter to William III, King of Great Britain. by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705
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The Emperor's letter to James II, late king of England &c., dated the ninth of April, 1689 : in answer to a letter he receiv'd from him, dated the 6th of February, 1688/9. by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705
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The Emperor's new declaration against the Most Christian King: or, the further avocatoria and inhibitoria against the crown of France : Published by the Diet at Ratisbon. by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705
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The Emperour's concessions to his Protestant subjects of Hungary, : as they were sent from Vienna in Latin, and are now translated out of the original copy, as follows.
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A proclamation being His Majesty's Act of Oblivion to the Hungarian rebels
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The Emperour's concessions to his Protestant subjects of Hungary : as they were sent from Vienna in Latin, and are now translated out of the original copy, as follows.
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Articles of peace between the emperour and empire, and France : concluded in the royal palace of Reswick, in Holland, October 30, 1697.
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A letter from Pope Innocent XII to the emperour : wherein he indeavours to perswade him to a peace : with his Imperial Majesties answer : to which is subjoyned the resolutions of t... by Innocent XII, Pope, 1615-1700
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A letter from Pope Innocent the XII to the emperour, : wherein he indeavours to perswade him to a peace; with His Imperial Majesties answer. : To which is subjoyned the resolutions... by Innocent XII, Pope, 1615-1700
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His Imperial Majesty's letter to the Pope : wherein is offered his reasons why he cannot accept of any offers of peace with France /
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The French King's memorial to the Emperor of Germany
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His Majesty the King of Denmarks letter to His Highness the Duke of Holstein (Gottorp) concerning the sequestration of the Dukedom of Schleswig : and the said Dukes answer thereunt... by Christian V, King of Denmark and Norway, 1646-1699
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