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Charles VII
Carl Albrecht VII, by workshop of George Desmarees.jpg
Charles VII
(by Georg Desmarées)
Holy Roman Emperor
Reign 24 January 1742 –
20 January 1745
Coronation 12 February 1742, Frankfurt
Predecessor Charles VI
Successor Francis I
King of Bohemia
Reign 19 December 1741 –
12 May 1743
Coronation 19 December 1741, Prague
Predecessor Maria Theresa
Successor Maria Theresa
Elector of Bavaria
Reign 26 February 1726 –
20 January 1745
Predecessor Maximilian II Emanuel
Successor Maximilian III Joseph
Born (1697-08-06)6 August 1697
Brussels, Netherlands
Died 20 January 1745(1745-01-20) (aged 47)
Munich, Bavaria
Burial Theatine Church, Munich
Spouse Maria Amalia of Austria
Issue Maria Antonia, Electress of Saxony
Theresa Benedicta
Maximilian III Joseph
Maria Anna Josepha, Margravine of Baden-Baden
Maria Josepha, Holy Roman Empress
House Wittelsbach
Father Maximilian II Emanuel
Mother Theresa Sobieska
Religion Roman Catholicism

Charles VII (6 August 1697 – 20 January 1745) was the prince-elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 24 January 1742 until his death in 1745. A member of the House of Wittelsbach, Charles was the only person not born of the House of Habsburg to become emperor in over three centuries, though he was connected to that house both by blood and by marriage.

Charles Albert was born in Brussels, the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, daughter of King John III Sobieski of Poland.

His family was split during the War of the Spanish Succession and was for many years under house arrest in Austria. Only in 1715 was the family reunited. After attaining his majority in August 1715, he undertook an educational tour of Italy from 3 December 1715 until 24 August 1716. In 1717, he served with Bavarian auxiliaries in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18.

On 5 October 1722, Charles Albert married Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, whom he had met at the imperial court in Vienna. She was the younger daughter of the late Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and his consort Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, daughter of John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1725 Charles Albert visited Versailles for the wedding of Louis XV of France, and established firm contacts with the French court.


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