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What would happen if Maria Theresa's older brother, Leopold John, survived to adulthood? Presumably he might live for about as long as she does, so let's say he lives from 1716 to 1775. Who does he marry> what effect does the fact that the House of Lorraine never becomes the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine have on history? Presumably this means that there is no War of Austrian Succession in the 1740s. If so, what effect does this have? Does this butterfly the First Carnatic War in India? What happens if the War of Jenkins Ear isn't subsumed by the War of Austrian Succession? Does the Diplomatic Revolution still happen?
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