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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 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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Mariana Victoria: The Infanta France Sent Back
France spent three years making her French. Then they sent her back. She was seven years old. She had not been consulted about either decision.
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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.