Charles Vi disappointed with a girl
05/13/1717 AD born
Archduchess Maria Theresa was born a year after the death of her elder brother, Archduke Leopold, and was baptised on that same evening. The dowager empresses, her aunt Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg and grandmother Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, were her godmothers.
Most descriptions of her baptism stress that the infant was carried ahead of her cousins, Maria Josepha and Maria Amalia, the daughters of Charles VI's elder brother and predecessor, Joseph I, before the eyes of their mother, Wilhelmine Amalia.
It was clear that Maria Theresa would outrank them,[3] even though their grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, had his sons sign the Mutual Pact of Succession, which gave precedence to the daughters of the elder brother.
Her father was the only surviving male member of the House of Habsburg and hoped for a son who would prevent the extinction of his dynasty and succeed him. Thus, the birth of Maria Theresa was a great disappointment to him and the people of Vienna; Charles never managed to overcome this feeling.
Subjects Who or What born?
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Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina) Holy Roman Empress...
Objects To Whom or What was born?
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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Holy Roman Empress... -
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor Holy Roman Emperor...
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