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This post is a little off the beaten track and I don't know if anything major will come of it, but here goes:

When the Russian grand duchess, Alexandra Pavlovna, came to Hungary as the wife of Palatine Josef of Austria, she endeared herself to the Hungarian people in a way no other member of the Habsburg family did until Empress Sisi. When in due course, Alexandra became pregnant, she decided to give birth in Hungary rather than in Vienna. Naturally, her sister-in-law, the Empress Maria Teresa (of Naples), didn't like her (finer jewels, prettier etc) and the rumors started to swirl that if Hungary got a native-born prince (i.e. Alexandra birthed a son) it would break away from Austria.

Needless to say, Alexandra gave birth - dying in the process - to a little archduchess who died at birth.

But what might the results be of Alexandra surviving the birth, and also if that archduchess had been born a male?

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