Gregory Brown
513 Agnes Arnold Hall
Department of Philosophy
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3004

Leopold I.
(1640-1705)

Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)

born June 9, 1640, Vienna
died May 5, 1705, Vienna>

Holy Roman emperor during whose lengthy reign (1658-1705) Austria emerged from a series of struggles with the Turks and the French to become a great European power, in which monarchical absolutism and administrative centralism gained ascendancy.

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Sources

  • Encylopedia Britannica 2002, Expanded Edition DVD

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