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Gottfried Philipp Spannagel was a Hapsburg historian who enjoyed the patronage of the emperor. Spannagel worked as a publicist for the Habsburgs in Italy, before he was summoned to the Vienna court by Emperor Charles VI to serve as tutor to his daughter, Maria Theresa.

Among Spannagel's best known works are Histoire civile autrichienne, a history of the Habsburgs from Ferdinand I to Ferdinand III; a biography of Charles VI that spanned eight volumes; and an unfinished nine-volume biography of Joseph I which actively promoted Gallicanism over Papal authority.