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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 88. Chapters: Philip II of Spain, Maria Theresa, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip IV of Spain, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip I of Castile, Charles II of Spain, Charles the Bold, Baldwin I of Constantinople, Mary of Burgundy, Archduke Albert of Austria, Philip the Good, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, County of Hainaut, Margaret II, Countess of Hainault, Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Counts of Hainaut family tree, Reginar, Duke of Lorraine, Margaret II, Countess of Flanders, John III, Duke of Bavaria, William II, Duke of Bavaria, John II, Count of Holland, Joan, Countess of Flanders, Richilde, Countess of Hainaut, William I, Count of Hainaut, John I, Count of Hainaut, Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut, Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, Reginar III, Count of Hainaut, Reginar IV, Count of Mons, William II, Count of Hainaut, Reginar II, Count of Hainaut, Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. Excerpt: Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (German: ) (13 May 1717 - 29 November 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress. She started her 40-year reign when her father, Emperor Charles VI, died in October 1740. Charles VI paved the way for her accession with the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, as the Habsburg lands were bound by Salic law which prevented female succession. Upon the death o...
