 Mhuri yake yakanga yakakamurwa mune zvematongerwe enyika mukati meHondo yeSpanish Succession, uye akapedza makore akawanda ari musungwa weimba muAustria. Mhuri youmambo yakanga yabuda muBrussels ndokudzokera kuMunich muna 1701. Baba vake, Maximilian Emanuel, vakatiza vachienda kuSpanish Netherlands mushure mekunge vakundwa muhondo yekutanga yeHöchstäd muna Nyamavhuvhu 1704, uye Charles nevaninina vake vakagara naamai vavo, mambokadzi anotonga, kuMunich. Muna May 1705, pashure pokugara muVenice, zviremera zveAustria zvakaramba kubvumira mambokadzi kudzokera kuBavaria ndokumanikidzira kuti aende kuutapwa, uko kwakatora makore gumi. Maximilian Emanuel akaendawo kunhapwa kuCompiègne mushure mokunge musi waApril 29, 1706 kurambidzwa kweHumambo kwakaiswa paari, sezvo akanga akundwa zvakare muhondo yeRamillies mazuva mashomanana apfuura. Muna 1715 chete ndipo pakazoyananiswa mhuri yacho. Pashure pokunge asvika pazera guru muna August 1715, Charles akaita rwendo rwokudzidzisa kuItaly kubva 3 December 1715 kusvika 24 August 1716. Muna 1717, akashanda pakati pevabatsiri veBavaria muHondo yeAustria-Turkey. 