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Category: August

5 August – A short-career imperial couple

Archduke Leopold, the second surviving son of Maria Theresa and Francis Stephan, and Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain were married on 5 August 1765 in Innsbruck. The young couple were to travel to Italy and assume government of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany — the designated inheritance of the imperial secundogenitur — from Leopold’s father. […]

1 August – The race for an heir

The Holy Roman Emperor Karl VI and Elisabeth Christine of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel married on 1 August 1708. Theirs was a marriage of vital importance. As the last male Habsburg, Karl had an urgent need for a legitimate son and heir. The Imperial throne had been in possession of the dynasty since the 15th century. The potential […]

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