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Maria Amalia of Austria: She Refused to Leave Munich
Her husband was dead, and her son had inherited his war. She was forty-three when she refused to leave Munich as her cousin's troops advanced into Bavaria.
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Maria Theresa: An Inheritance Secured, a Ruler Unprepared
Maria Theresa was twenty-three and pregnant. She had already buried her eldest child. Her father had spent years securing her inheritance. He had done much less to prepare her to rule it.
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Maria Anna of Austria: The Son Who Displaced Her Daughter
She was twenty-nine when she gave birth to the son who displaced her daughter. Her first child was only ten months old. Being older gave the little girl no precedence over a son.
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Marie of Anjou: Governing from Chinon
Pregnancy kept Marie of Anjou at Chinon. It did not keep the king's government out of her hands. When Charles VII travelled to Dauphiné, his wife remained behind with authority to act in his place.
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Maria Theresa Crowned King of Hungary, 25 June 1741
Hungary had no provision for a female ruler. They crowned her King instead. She rode up the coronation hill three months after giving birth, holding herself with such superb military precision that from a distance she looked like a man, and swung a sword at the four corners of the earth.
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Isabella of Aragon: Duchess of Milan, Unique in Misfortune
Her husband died when she was twenty-four, leaving a three-year-old son with a claim to Milan. His great-uncle took the duchy. Five years later, a French king took the boy.
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Isabella of Naples, "Unique in Misfortune"
She was not yet two years old when they promised her to her three-year-old cousin. The pope gave his blessing.