WI:Joesph I of HRE reneged the Mutual Pact of succession and disinherited his younger brother?

Seeing how Charles VI eventually did this and promulgated the Pragmatic Sanction,what would happen if it was his older brother who did it?Who would Maria Josepha marry in this case ?What would be the effect of this?
 
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When Joseph I dies in 1711, everybody agrees to ignore Joseph I's disinheritance and allows Charles VI to succeed. Charles VI's pragmatic sanction was only allowed because he literally is the only male Habsburg left, so they have no choice.

Joseph I would be going against centuries of Habsburg inheritance laws and traditions if he did that.

Keep in mind that during this time, monarchs could not just ignore or change succession laws by their own whims. In France, for example, no king could change Salic Law. Russia at this time is the outlier, as its succession laws were in a state of flux.
 
Seeing how Charles VI eventually did this and promulgated the Pragmatic Sanction,what would happen if it was his older brother who did it?Who would Maria Josepha marry in this case ?What would be the effect of this?

Charles VI merely altered the existing Pragmatic Sanction giving his daughters' and their progeny preference over those of his brother. Joseph I during his lifetime had no legal basis to disinherit his brother nor could he anticipate Charles's alteration of the Pragmatic Sanction.
 
Charles VI merely altered the existing Pragmatic Sanction giving his daughters' and their progeny preference over those of his brother. Joseph I during his lifetime had no legal basis to disinherit his brother nor could he anticipate Charles's alteration of the Pragmatic Sanction.
By disinheriting his brother I meant passing the throne to his own daughters instead of his brother.If Charles could alter the succession,Joseph too can theoretically do it correct?

When Joseph I dies in 1711, everybody agrees to ignore Joseph I's disinheritance and allows Charles VI to succeed. Charles VI's pragmatic sanction was only allowed because he literally is the only male Habsburg left, so they have no choice.

Joseph I would be going against centuries of Habsburg inheritance laws and traditions if he did that.

Keep in mind that during this time, monarchs could not just ignore or change succession laws by their own whims. In France, for example, no king could change Salic Law. Russia at this time is the outlier, as its succession laws were in a state of flux.
But Charles was able to alter the existing order of succession.
 
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By disinheriting his brother I meant passing the throne to his own daughters instead of his brother.If the Charles could alter the succession,Joseph too can theoretically do it correct?

But Charles was able to alter the existing order of succession.
By disinheriting his brother I meant passing the throne to his own daughters instead of his brother.If the Charles could alter the succession,Joseph too can theoretically do it correct?

But Charles was able to alter the existing order of succession.

Only because there was no other male relative, and it was "open". If Charles had a younger brother, no amount of maneuvering could make his daughter his successor over his younger brother.
 
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