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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: 87. Chapters: Philip II of Spain, Maria Theresa, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold II of Belgium, Leopold III of Belgium, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Baudouin I of Belgium, Philip V of Spain, Antwerp, John II, Duke of Brabant, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip I of Castile, Henry I, Duke of Brabant, John I, Duke of Brabant, Charles II of Spain, John III, Duke of Brabant, Charles the Bold, Mary of Burgundy, Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, Archduke Albert of Austria, Philip the Good, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Duchy of Brabant, Joanna, Duchess of Brabant, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Henry III, Duke of Brabant, Anthony, Duke of Brabant, John IV, Duke of Brabant, Counts of Leuven, Philip I, Duke of Brabant, Duke of Lothier, Lords and margraves of Bergen op Zoom, Henry IV, Duke of Brabant, Dukes of Brabant family tree. 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 of her father, Saxony, Prussia, Bavaria and France repudiated the sanction they had recognised during his lifetime. Prussia proceeded to invade the affluent Habsburg province of Silesia, sparking a nine-year conflict known as the War of the Austrian Succession. Maria Theresa would later unsuccessf...
