Pragmatic Sanction: Charles VI Tries to Keep a Woman on the Throne
In 1713, a desperate Charles VI signed a decree allowing his unborn daughter Maria Theresa to inherit the Austrian throne. He gambled everything because he had no living sons. The cost was decades of blood; when he died in 1740, Prussia and France immediately invaded, sparking the War of Austrian Succession that tore Europe apart. Now you know why Maria Theresa's reign began with fire, not a coronation.
April 19, 1713
313 years ago
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