In a desperate attempt to secure his lineage, Maria Theresa’s father Charles VI overturned a law stating that the late Joseph I’s (Charles’ elder brother) children would be natural inheritors to the ...

Grand Maria Teresa and Grand Duke Henri have eight grandchildren, with their youngest, Victoire, who is the daughter of ...

His younger son, Charles VI, subsequently betrayed the pact by amending the Pragmatic Sanction to allow his own daughters to take precedence over his nieces. Although Maria Theresa was destined to ...