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Charles VI married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1707. They had four children, one son and three daughters, their son Leopold died as a child in 1716, and there were no further children after Maria Amalia was born in 1724. This necessitated the Pragmatic Sanction. Now, one thing I am curious about is this, say Elisabeth dies giving birth to Maria Amalia, Charles is now a widow with three daughters, but no sons. He is once again free to marry, who might he wed? Would he marry a British Princess to secure that alliance or someone from a German family, perhaps
Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg? Consequently, if from this second marriage Charles has sons, that would butterfly away the need for the pragmatic sanction, one would think. But would it butterfly away the need for war?
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