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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 3910116, member: 102103&quot;]Ah, I was trying to speak more generally about monarchs who held both the title of king and emperor.&nbsp; Sorry if I wasn&#039;t clearer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an odd example of a sort of-king who later became an emperor:</p><p>&quot;Carlos&quot; III claimed to be King of Spain as a pretender and ruled out of Catalonia from 1705-1711.&nbsp; He then left for Vienna to become Holy Roman Emperor after the death of his brother, Joseph I.&nbsp; This lost him the support of major powers such as Great Britain who would have been content to see him rule Spain, but not both Spain and Austria.&nbsp; As Holy Roman Emperor he was Charles VI, Maria Theresa&#039;s dad.[ATTACH=full]1030627[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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