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So Charles VI wanted his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit all of his realms, so he made the Pragmatic Sanction, and then bribed the various powers of Europe to recognize it. Of these only the British stayed bribed, and Maria Theresa had to fight the War of Austrian Succession. So, WI, instead of bribing off all the powers (all told it involved one of the larger reductions of Hapsburg territory), Charles VI spends his reign with the assumption that his daughter will have to fight for her throne.

How much would a far less recognized Pragmatic Sanction and a far better prepared Austria effect the War of Austrian Succession?

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